Legal Opinion

State v. Stinson

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 26, 2000No. A00A0380PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Barnes, Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s grant of James Terry Stinson’s motion to suppress two videotaped interviews. Because we find the trial court erred in applying Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U. S. 493 (87 SC 616, 17 LE2d 562) (1967) and Kastigar v. United States, 406 U. S. 441 (92 SC 1653, 32 LE2d 212) (1972) to the facts of this case, we reverse.

The record shows that the interviews at issue resulted from a citizen’s complaint that Stinson, a Gwinnett County police officer, sexually assaulted her and forced her to perform oral sex while on duty. Gwinnett County Police…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Garrity v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. HarveyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. People v. SappSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. BrockdorfWisconsin Supreme Court · 2006
  2. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  3. State v. AikenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Dana Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2021
  5. Kristin Ward v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019

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