Blackwood v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

Stanley Alaska Blackwood was convicted of trafficking in cocaine, sentenced to 30 years in confinement, and fined $1,650,052. In his sole enumeration of error, Blackwood contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress cocaine seized from his alimentary canal. We disagree and affirm.

The evidence adduced at the hearing on the motion to suppress shows that on January 5, 2002, U. S. Customs Inspector Reginald S. Singh was working at baggage claim carousel no. 5 at the Atlanta airport, where luggage was arriving from Jamaica. Singh testified that he noticed…