Legal Opinion

State v. King

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 16, 1997No. A97A1202PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Alfred King was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The trial court granted his motion to suppress, and the State appeals. Concluding that the court correctly granted the motion, we affirm.

Evidence at the hearing on the motion to suppress was that on December 12, 1995, at about 1:30 a.m., Athens-Clarke County Police Officer Dan Silk noticed King and Warren Collins standing in front of a four-unit apartment complex. The temperature outside on that date was about 20 degrees. Silk testified that the apartment complex was in “an extremely high…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. State v. BanksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  4. Postell v. State of Ga.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  5. Pace v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. State v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  4. State v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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