Carney v. State

Quillian, Judge.

The defendants were indicted, tried and convicted for violation of the Georgia Drug Abuse Control Act, involving the possession of over 1 ounce of marijuana. Each of the defendants was sentenced to 18 months in the penitentiary and they appealed from the overruling of their motion for new trial. Held:

1. (a) The defendants were arrested while cultivating alleged growing marijuana plants in a field some distance from any known habitation. The marijuana plants were growing between rows of corn. The contentions made by the defendants with regard to their motion to suppress are…