Hicks v. State

157 Ga. App. 79 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 129

HICKS

v.

THE STATE.

60922.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 9, 1981.

Gerald P. Word, for appellant.

William F. Lee, Jr., District Attorney, Gerald S. Stovall, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

1. In an alleged consent search the burden is on the state to establish that the consent was voluntarily given and not the result of duress or coercion. Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U. S. 218 (93 SC 2041, 36 LE2d 854) (1973); Code v. State, 234 Ga. 90, 93 (214 SE2d 873) (1975). The defendant here signed a consent to search. On a…