Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 5, 1990No. A90A1559PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
The background of this case appears in Brown v. State, 191 Ga. App. 779 (383 SE2d 170) (1989), wherein this court reversed the denial of a motion to suppress cocaine found in defendant’s pants pocket.
When the case was put on the trial calendar after appeal, defendant filed a combination motion to dismiss, plea in bar, and motion to suppress the cocaine found on the floor. His grounds were that the indictment did not charge the floor cocaine and that if it did, evidence of it must be suppressed because it came to the officers’ attention only as a result of his illegal arrest.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- New York v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Radowick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Lackey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Condon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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