Legal Opinion

Woodward v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 28, 2000No. A00A1328PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

After a bench trial, William Woodward was convicted of possession of cocaine, driving without insurance, and driving while his license was revoked. He appeals, challenging the denial of his motion to suppress.

Upon review of the denial of a motion to suppress, the appellate court construes the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court’s judgment, and its findings of fact based on conflicting evidence must be accepted unless clearly erroneous. So construed, the evidence shows that police officers were observing and following Woodward’s truck when he made “an abrupt…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  2. Buffington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. State v. AguirreCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Vega v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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