Legal Opinion

Weaver v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 14, 1978No. 54781PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

The appellant, who was convicted for selling heroin, appeals enumerating ten errors. The enumerations are directed at the admission and exclusion of certain evidence, at the charge to the jury, and at the sufficiency of the evidence, but we find no reversible error and affirm.

1. It was not error to admit evidence seized from the appellant’s person during a search incident to his arrest for the sale of drugs. Evidence introduced at the hearing on the motion to suppress showed the following: A police informant, who had recently been arrested for drug violations, approached police…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  4. Herrin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Delvers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. SartinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Burroughs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. State v. Nunez-MartinezCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
  4. Worth v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Hood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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