Legal Opinion
Foster v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 22, 1982No. 39149PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
In 1981, the appellant was indicted on one count of aggravated assault. Code Ann. § 26-1302. Based on a 1973 aggravated assault conviction, he was also indicted on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Code Ann. § 26-2914. 1 Arguing that § 26-2914 is unconstitutional, the appellant filed a motion to strike the count of the indictment charging possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. This motion was denied.
The evidence introduced at trial authorized the jury in finding that the appellant confronted the victim at a Dairy Queen restaurant in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coates v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Barrett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. RaybonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Prather v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Stover v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Wrzesinski v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999