Hess v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Scott Hess was convicted of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (VGCSA), resulting in revocation of two separate probated sentences he had received for prior VGCSA convictions. In these appeals of his latest conviction and probation revocation, Hess challenges the validity of his waiver of Fourth Amendment rights as a condition of his probationary sentences, as well as the validity of a search of his room by narcotics agents acting under the authority of the waiver. Finding both the waiver and search valid, we affirm both appeals.

Hess was serving the two separate…