Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 13, 1982No. 64077PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Judge.
On June 11, 1981, in an attempt to identify domestic drug couriers, Senior Agent Paul J. Markonni of the Atlanta Airport Detail of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) was routinely observing passengers deplane from a commercial flight arriving at the Atlanta International Airport from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a major source city for the importation and distribution of illegal drugs. Agent Markonni’s attention was attracted to deplaning passenger Paul M. Smith because Smith “appeared to be looking around and staring at people in the arrival area” so much so that he “bumped…
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- Reid v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by18 opinions
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