Legal Opinion

State v. Harris

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 5, 2003No. A03A0183PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

Jessie Harris and Alfonso Santollo were charged with trafficking in cocaine and other cocaine-related offenses. The two filed motions to suppress evidence, which the trial court granted. The State appeals the trial court’s order, and for reasons that follow, we affirm.

In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we construe the evidence most favorably to that court’s findings and judgment. We accept the trial court’s decision on disputed facts and credibility assessments unless clearly erroneous. “However, where the evidence is uncontroverted and no…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Tarwid v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. State v. KingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Holmes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  5. McGaughey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Black v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  4. Galindo-Eriza v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  5. Lucas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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