Following a bench trial, the Superior Court of Hall County found Bobby Gene Sapp guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine, OCGA § 16-13-31 e. Sapp appeals from the judgment of conviction, contending that the court erred in denying his motion to suppress. Finding no error, we affirm. “When we review a trial court’s decision on a motion to suppress, the evidence is construed most favorably to uphold the findings and judgment of the trial court; the trial court’s findings on disputed facts and credibility are adopted unless they are clearly erroneous and will not be disturbed if there is any evidence to support them.” Citation and punctuation omitted. Whittle v. State , 282 Ga. App. 64, 66 637 SE2d 800 2006. “Where the evidence is uncontroverted and no question regarding the credibility of witnesses is presented, however, the trial court’s application of the law to undisputed facts is subject to de novo appellate review.” Citation omitted. Vansant v. State , 264 Ga. 319, 320 1 443 SE2d 474 1994.
At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the only witness to testify was the officer who conducted the traffic stop. The officer testified that his office had received a tip that Sapp would be transporting methamphetamine at an approximate time on a certain day. The officer also testified about the circumstances surrounding his traffic stop and search of Sapp’s truck. Following the motion hearing, the trial court issued a comprehensive order denying Sapp’s motion to suppress and, in its order, made the following findings of fact: On the afternoon of August 5, 2005, agents with the Hall County/Gainesville Gang Task Force received information from a known informant of untested reliability about the future behavior of the Defendant, Bobby Gene Sapp. The informant predicted that the Defendant, a white male, would be driving a GMC pickup truck, tan in color, with a distinctive trailer hitch in the shape of a skull that lit up. The informant additionally made it known that Mr. Sapp had been or was currently at his mother’s house in the southern part of Hall County, and that he would be traveling on Jim Crow Road. Acting on this information, the officers, including lead agent Andy Smith, set up surveillance on Stevens Road, roughly one half mile from Jim Crow Road. Approximately fifteen minutes into the surveillance, the officers observed a vehicle and driver matching the informant’s description pass along Stevens Road. They then entered the road to follow the vehicle. The left wheels of the vehicle were observed crossing the centerline at least twice. Thereafter, the driver of the vehicle failed to use a turn signal at the intersection with Jim Crow Road. After the officers observed these traffic violations and after also turning left onto Jim Crow Road, Agent Smith proceeded to pull over the Defendant using blue lights. Agent Smith and at least one other officer were driving unmarked police cars with blue lights hidden from normal view. Thereafter, Agent Smith approached the vehicle and asked the Defendant to step to the rear of the vehicle. The officer told Mr. Sapp that he had pulled him over due to traffic violations and asked for his driver’s license. The officer then asked the Defendant if he had anything illegal on his person or in the vehicle. Though Mr. Sapp stated he did not have anything illegal on his person, he acknowledged that he had illegal substances in the vehicle. Agent Smith, acting on this information, asked for and received from Defendant consent to search the vehicle. Agent Nelson then approached the vehicle and saw a drug pipe1 in plain view on the seat of the vehicle, which was visible without entering the truck’s cab. . . . Thereafter, Mr. Sapp was placed under arrest and his truck was searched. The officers then uncovered methamphetamine and digital scales located inside the vehicle. This Court has reviewed the transcript, and we find that the superior court’s findings of fact are supported by evidence presented by the State. Thus, we adopt these findings for the purposes of this appeal. Whittle v. State , 282 Ga. App. at 66.
