Legal Opinion

Adcock v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 31, 1994No. S93G1125PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Sears-Collins, Justice.

Statements made by the appellant, Janice Adcock, during a hearing for temporary child support in a paternity action she brought against her biological father, who is also the biological father of her child, were subsequently used against her in a criminal prosecution for incest. For the reasons detailed in the dissent to the Court of Appeals decision, see Adcock v. State, 208 Ga. App. 346, 350-353 (430 SE2d 606) (1993) (Beasley, J., dissenting), we find that the self-incriminating statements made during the civil hearing were not voluntary and, therefore, should not…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Adcock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Adcock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994

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