Giles v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Giles was indicted for trafficking in cocaine, OCGA § 16-13-31 (a) (1), and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, OCGA § 16-13-2 (b). He moved to suppress evidence of the contraband principally upon the bases that it was found in the execution of an unconstitutional and illegal civil search and seizure order issued under the Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1984, 15 USC § 1116 (d) (1) (A), and seized pursuant to a subsequently issued illegal search warrant. The motion was denied, the misdemeanor was dead docketed, and Giles entered a negotiated plea of guilty to the…