Legal Opinion

Spivey v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 17, 1983No. 65333PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Chief Judge.

Appellant was indicted and convicted of possession of hydromorphone and phenmetrazine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. He enumerates four errors in his appeal from the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict.

1. In his first enumeration of error, appellant challenges the denial of his motion to suppress. He contends that the contraband discovered in a search of his automobile was the fruit of his illegal arrest and should therefore have been suppressed. See Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471 (83 SC 407, 9 LE2d 441). However, appellant’s argument…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Morris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. Oliver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Nichols v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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