Legal Opinion
Robinson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 10, 1983No. 65706PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sognier, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in a bench trial of robbery. His sole enumeration of error is that the trial court erred by admitting his oral confession into evidence, because it was obtained as a result of an illegal arrest and was inadmissible under the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine. (See Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U. S. 471 (83 SC 407, 9 LE2d 441) (1963)).
Four men came to the home of Liminie Kirkland late at night and knocked on the door. When Kirkland came to the door he was dragged into the street and robbed of $100. Kirkland recognized one of the men as Jimmy…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Caito v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
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