Legal Opinion

McShan v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 3, 1980No. 57285PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Judge.

In the first appearance of this case in this court (150 Ga. App. 232 (257 SE2d 202)), we affirmed appellant’s conviction for a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (Code Ann. Ch. 79A-8, Ga. L. 1974, p. 221 et seq.). The basis for our affirmance of appellant’s conviction was the consent he gave to being searched after being stopped in the Atlanta airport by an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration. In McShan v. Georgia,-U. S.-(1980), the United States Supreme Court granted appellant’s petition for a writ of certiorari and vacated the judgment of this court,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Woodruff v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. McShan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Moran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  2. Purce v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. State v. ReidSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  4. McAdoo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  5. Berry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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