A jury found Rodney Lough guilty of criminal attempt to manufacture methamphetamine, possession of altered Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine, and possession of methamphetamine. Lough appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We find no error and affirm Lough’s convictions. In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we must construe the evidence most favorably to the upholding of the trial court’s findings and judgment.1 The trial court’s decision with regard to questions of fact and credibility must be accepted unless clearly erroneous, and the trial court’s findings based on conflicting evidence are analogous to the verdict of a jury and should not be disturbed by a reviewing court if there is any evidence to support them.2 So viewed, the evidence shows that prior to the incident involved in this appeal, a detective had contact with Lough regarding a domestic violence matter. During this prior investigation, Lough’s children told the detective about witnessing Lough using needles with a white powder at the residence of Daniel and Kathy Combs. One child even described where the drugs were made at the Combs’ residence. When officers went to investigate this information, they found a clandestine methamphetamine lab where the child said it would be. The officers also found a vehicle belonging to Lough at the Combs’ residence. During the investigation, Lough admitted that he had a bad methamphetamine habit and wanted to quit. In addition, the detective received information from many people that Lough was involved with the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine.
Subsequently, Kathy Combs contacted the detective and told the detective that she had witnessed Lough purchasing ephedrine pills from the Dollar General store. Later that same day, the detective saw Lough driving a car which she knew belonged to the passenger, Samantha Morgan. The detective called for backup and stopped the car. A deputy arrived, and both the detective and the deputy testified that they noticed a strong chemical smell which they associated with methamphetamine coming from the car. A drug dog alerted to both the driver and passenger door areas.
