Legal Opinion
State v. Thackston
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 31, 2011No. S10G1337PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
While on probation in Douglas County, Georgia, Hulon Thackston was charged with drug-related offenses in Paulding County, Georgia, after police stopped him for a traffic violation in March 2007 and discovered methamphetamine during a search of his car. The Douglas County Court issued a probation warrant for his arrest based on the Paulding County charges. Thackston was arrested on the probation warrant in October 2007, and while executing the warrant, officers saw methamphetamine on a table. They then obtained and executed a search warrant and found more methamphetamine and…
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