Swift v. State

Evans, Judge.

A rock festival was held on Jekyll Island during *232March, 1973. During two days of heavy traffic into the festival area a group of city and county law enforcement personnel conducted a roadblock so positioned on a four-lane highway that only traffic into Jekyll Island would be affected. The officials designated the roadblock as a check for drivers’ licenses, inspection stickers, car registrations and runaways.

Some 1,500 cars passed through this roadblock, including the 1971VW van owned and driven by Michael Swift, defendant. While Swift was stopped and his papers were checked, an…