Legal Opinion

Wade v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 23, 1987No. 74740PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Following a bench trial, appellant was convicted of trafficking in *290cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Appellant brings this appeal enumerating as error the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. Held:

We affirm. Appellant was observed as he disembarked a plane at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport by Special Agent Jordan of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Agent Selph of the Drug Enforcement Agency. The flight was arriving from Miami, Florida, a known drug source city. Appellant initially attracted the agents’ attention because…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Moran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  3. McAdoo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  5. Laws v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sprinkles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Nichols v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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