Weeks v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of possession of marijuana. In his sole enumeration of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress contraband seized from his vehicle because the State failed to prove that the police roadblock in which he was stopped was reasonable and that he consented to the search of his vehicle.
The transcript of the hearing on the motion to suppress shows that the roadblock was authorized by a Major Bass of the Cherokee Sheriff’s Department but was executed by other department personnel; that the area was well lit; that the…
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