McAdoo v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellant John Thomas McAdoo appeals from his conviction in the Superior Court of Clayton County of trafficking in cocaine, and mandatory sentence of five years’ imprisonment and fine of $50,000 under the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (Code Ann. § 79A-811 (j)). We affirm.

The facts as established by the record show that on August 12, 1981, appellant, while deplaning from a flight arriving from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, was observed by Paul J. Markonni, senior agent of the airport detail of the federal Drug Enforcement…