PARAS v. STATE

36877.

247 Ga. 75 (1981)

274 S.E.2d 451

PARAS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas W. McDonald, Sr., Robert J. Reed, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Robert A. Weathers, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorneys, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of the offense of "trafficking in cocaine," for which he received the applicable statutory mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. Code Ann. § 79A-811 (j) (3) (Ga. L. 1974, pp. 221, 243; 1975, pp. 1112, 1113; 1979, p. 1258; 1980, p. 432).

1. The appellant contends that Code Ann. § 79A-811, supra, is unconstitutional in several respects.

(a) The...

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