Legal Opinion
Brewer v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 18, 1973No. 48070PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, Judge.
Brewer and Pope, the appellants, were two of six defendants arrested and convicted for possession of marijuana. These two defendants made separate but identically worded motions to suppress, later amended to include all of the defendants. The motion sought to prevent the state offering into evidence 17 plastic bags containing marijuana on the ground that this evidence was seized as the result of an illegal search and seizure which was not incident to a lawful arrest.
The sheriff and his deputy had received three complaints. The sheriff described these as "lots of unnecessary…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by34 opinions
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