See Brannan v. State, 275 Ga. 70, 73(2)(b), 561 S.E.2d 414 (2002) (“An arrest warrant founded on probable cause implicitly carries with it the limited authority to enter a dwelling in which the suspect lives when there is reason to believe the suspect is within.”) (punctuation omitted); Wall v. State, 291 Ga.App. 278, 279, 661 S.E.2d 656 (2008) (same). Stamey found Jones lying on the bed in a bedroom with a comforter covering his lower body, including his hands.
(Citations and punctuation omitted.) Wall v. State, 291 Ga. App. 278, 279 ( 661 SE2d 656) (2008). We find that this limited authority includes the right to enter the back yard of the home to prevent any attempted escape through the rear.
Once inside the home, they also were authorized to seize any contraband in plain sight. See Wall v. State , 291 Ga. App. 278, 279, 661 S.E.2d 656 (2008) ("A police officer may seize what is in plain sight if, as here, he is in a place where he is constitutionally entitled to be."). Regardless of whether the search warrant for Lee’s "person" was valid, trial counsel was not ineffective in failing to file a motion to suppress.