Following a jury trial, Brian Scott MacKay appeals his conviction for trafficking in methamphetamine. In his sole allegation of error, Mackay contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained by law enforcement officers as a result of a warrantless entry into his home. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.In considering an appeal from denial of a motion to suppress, this Court construes the evidence in favor of the trial court’s ruling, and we review de novo the trial court’s application of the law to undisputed facts. Additionally, we must defer to the trial court’s determination on the credibility of witnesses, and the trial court’s ruling on disputed facts must be accepted unless it is clearly erroneous.Citation omitted. Lindsey v. State , 287 Ga. App. 412 651 SE2d 531 2007. When making our decision, we consider all evidence of record, including evidence introduced at trial. Id. So viewed, the evidence showed that in September 2003, Catoosa County Animal Control Officer Chris Clark was summoned to the residence of a woman complaining of three rottweiler dogs that had entered her pen and were killing her goats. When Clark arrived at the complainant’s residence, she informed him that the dogs were “highly aggressive,” so much so that she was afraid to leave her home. The complainant also expressed serious concern for the welfare of a group of seven to nine children, including her grandchild, who were due to exit a school bus near the residence at “any minute.”
Clark retrieved a shotgun and walked around the side of the house in an effort to obtain a view of the dogs. As he approached the goat pen, one of the rottweilers suddenly charged at him. The dog’s haunches were up, its head was down, and it was “fixed on his target” —Clark. When the dog lunged at Clark, he shot and killed the animal. Clark then saw a second rottweiler biting a goat that the rottweiler had pinned down on the ground. The goat was kicking and thrashing and bleeding profusely from its shoulder area. Clark tried to startle the dog into freeing the goat by screaming, but was unsuccessful. He then shot and killed the second dog. Moments later, Clark observed the third rottweiler jump the fence and run across the road to a neighboring lot, where it entered the open front door of a mobile home. Once Clark determined that no one in the home was screaming for help, he summoned for backup assistance. Clark was unable to determine at that time who owned the dogs.
