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Issues:
Drug testing, cocaine, evidence, reasonable suspicion, due process, search
 
Case Summary:
Milford Stevens appeals his conviction on cocaine possession charges. Police arrested Stevens and a friend after finding cocaine in a their car. A post-arrest drug test on Stevens produced a positive result for cocaine. Stevens attempted to block the prosecution's use of the drug test results as evidence against him.
 
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
A trial court found Stevens guilty of cocaine possession. Milford now appeals.
 
Outcome:
Stevens loses. The Georgia Court Appeals affirmed the lower court's decision, ruling there were no reversible errors in the lower court's decision.