Amy Herring appeals from the judgment entered after she was found guilty at a bench trial of possession of cocaine. Herring claims the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress because the officers used trickery to enter the residence. After reviewing the record, we conclude there was no reversible error, and affirm. In ruling on a motion to suppress, the trial court sits as the trier of fact, and the court’s findings are analogous to a jury verdict and will not be disturbed when the record contains any evidence to support those findings. When reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, the evidence must be construed most favorably toward the court’s findings unless those findings are clearly erroneous. Further, in reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, we consider all the evidence of record, including evidence introduced at trial. McCray v. State , 268 Ga. App. 84 601 SE2d 452 2004 citations and punctuation omitted. Here, the evidence at the hearing and at trial was that officers received an anonymous tip that Burt Craven was having “dope parties” at his house. As two officers were driving by Craven’s house one night, they saw a number of cars outside. The officers decided to conduct a “knock and talk” operation. One officer went to the back of the house and the other officer approached from the front. This officer knew Craven, and testified that he was the nervous type who would not come to the door if he saw police officers on his doorstep. The officer also stated that he never stood directly in front of the door for safety reasons. Therefore, instead of walking up to the door and knocking, the officer stood at the bottom of the steps, took a plastic cup, and threw it at the door.
After the officer threw the cup, a man opened the door, looked out, and started walking down the steps. When he saw the officer, who was dressed in a green vest with the word “Sheriff” in yellow letters across the front and back, he shouted and started “back-peddling” up the stairs. The officer followed behind him and looked in the door, which had been left open. The officer saw a smoked-glass table with a line of white powdery residue and a rolled-up dollar bill. The officer stated that Herring, who had been seated on the sofa, got up and started walking toward the back of the house when she saw him at the door. Upon seeing this evidence of drug use, and concerned that Herring was leaving the room to destroy evidence, the officer entered the house.
