Whisnant v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Edward Whisnant appeals his conviction for possession of more than one ounce of marijuana. On the morning of March 24, 1984, Sheriff Don Shirley of Stephens County, in conjunction with GBI Agent Attaway and four other officers executed a search warrant on the mobile home of defendant Whisnant. The officers mistakenly drove past the defendant’s driveway and saw him standing in the doorway of his mobile home. They turned around and returned to the residence but Whisnant was not to be seen. The sheriff and one of his deputies went into the mobile home. Agent Attaway…