Legal Opinion

State v. Fisher

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 4, 2008No. A08A1828PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

After Demarcus Fisher and D’Tori Crawford successfully moved the trial court to suppress contraband found in searches resulting from their arrests, the State appeals the order granting suppression, arguing that police were only briefly detaining Fisher and Crawford based on reasonable suspicion and that during that detention, some drugs were discovered in plain view. The State maintains that this discovery then led to the men’s arrests and to the discovery of more drugs pursuant to searches incident to their arrests. Because evidence supported the trial court’s…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Tate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  2. Black v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  3. State v. DukesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Lucas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  2. Suluki v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  3. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Wingate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  5. ABERCROMBIE v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2017

12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API