Hall v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Robert Lee Hall, was convicted of possession of cocaine, a Schedule II substance, in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. On November 8, 1984, Mr. Hall, a resident of Marietta, had checked into a single room at the Red Roof Inn in nearby College Park, purportedly for the purpose of a sexual liaison with a female.

The following day, sometime after the noon check-out time, long after the liaison had ended and Mr. Hall’s guests had left, the hotel management sought to collect $3.20 worth of long distance calls from Mr. Hall’s room. (The…