Legal Opinion
Gober v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 3, 2002No. S01G1163; S01G1169PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Gober v. State, 249 Ga. App. 168 (547 SE2d 656) (2001), and Giraldo v. State, 249 Ga. App. 178 (547 SE2d 651) (2001), 1 to determine whether the Court of Appeals was correct in holding that the drugs involved in those cases were properly admitted into evidence. Finding that the drugs were properly admitted, we affirm the Court of Appeals in both cases.
Gober and Brutus were arrested in separate “reverse sting” operations in which they bought illegal drugs from undercover police officers. In Case No. S01G1163, Gober was convicted…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wilcox v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Pitts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Dean v. GoberSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lattimore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006