Carson v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of possession of a sawed-off shotgun in violation of Code Ann. § 26-9911a (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 983, 984). Jurisdiction is in this court by reason of an attack on the constitutionality of a statute.

The evidence showed the following circumstances of the defendant’s arrest. A state trooper stopped at the defendant’s automobile, which was parked alongside Interstate Highway 75, to offer assistance if needed. When the defendant complied with the trooper’s request to get out of the vehicle, the odor of alcohol was detected on the defendant’s…