Legal Opinion
State v. Hanson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1982No. 38619PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
We granted certiorari in order to answer the question whether the trial court should have granted Hanson’s motion to quash an indictment against him because the district attorney had granted him transactional immunity.
Hanson was arrested in DeKalb County in 1979 for possession and sale of methaqualone in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. In exchange for some cooperation in furnishing information concerning drug and gambling investigations, the district attorney gave Hanson a letter in which he purported to grant immunity from prosecution for all violations of the law…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by54 opinions
- State v. WootenSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Bishop v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- State v. HansonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
- Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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