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STATE v. SWIFT

28922.

232 Ga. 535 (1974)

207 S.E.2d 459

THE STATE v. SWIFT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 25, 1974.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, R. David Peterson, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, for appellant.

J.S. Hutto & Associates, Randall M. Clark, Edward E. Boshears, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

In March, 1973, a rock festival was held on Jekyll Island. A roadblock was set up by city and county law enforcement personnel to check for drivers' licenses, for car inspection stickers and registrations, for fugitives and for runaways. At times members of the Georgia State Patrol were present. When the car in which Michael Swift was riding was stopped at the roadblock, an officer testified that he walked around the car and saw green vegetation...

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