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HICKS v. STATE

60922.

157 Ga. App. 79 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 129

HICKS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald P. Word, for appellant.

William F. Lee, Jr., District Attorney, Gerald S. Stovall, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

1. In an alleged consent search the burden is on the state to establish that the consent was voluntarily given and not the result of duress or coercion. Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 (93 S.C. 2041, 36 LE2d 854) (1973); Code v. State, 234 Ga. 90, 93 (214 S.E.2d 873) (1975). The defendant here signed a consent to search. On a hearing...

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