Legal Opinion

Vaughn v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 28, 1977No. 53230PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act for the possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to serve 10 years, the last five years of which were to be served on probation. A motion for new trial, as amended, was filed and denied, and defendant appeals. Held:

1. A number of the amended grounds of the motion for new trial, as well as the first two enumerations of error are concerned with the alleged error of the lower court in denying defendant’s motion to suppress evidence in that a search warrant was illegal because it was insufficient on its…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Steele v. United States No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Steele v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  3. Fomby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  4. Durrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  5. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  2. Williams v. the StatSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  3. Gadson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  4. Landers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Swan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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