Legal Opinion
State v. Colvard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 20, 2015No. S14A1347PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Presiding Justice.
This is an appeal by the State from an order of the superior court granting defendant Antonio Colvard’s written motion to suppress certain physical evidence and his oral motion to suppress his resulting confession, to be used in his prosecution for murder and other crimes. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
On April 27, 2012, a Fulton County grand jury returned a 13-count indictment against Colvard, charging him with murder and the related crimes of aggravated assault, theft, concealment of a death, and drug and firearms possession in connection with the January…
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