Adsitt v. State

Jordan, Chief Justice.

State and federal due process challenges to a subsection of our criminal venue statute, specifically, to Code Ann. § 26-302 (h), bring to this court Adsitt’s appeal from his convictions for possession of cocaine and aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer.

A combined force of officers from the Albany Metro Drug Squad and the Worth and Irwin County Sheriffs’ Departments went to Adsitt’s home to arrest him on a warrant issued in Worth County. Adsitt was not home. While driving away from Adsitt’s home, the officers saw Adsitt driving toward his home and blocked the…