Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided July 16, 1969PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPerry, C. J.

The defendant George Williams was convicted of illegal possession of marijuana and Heroin. From the judgment entered, he appeals.

The defendant assigns as error the trial court’s failure to sustain his motion to suppress the evidence of marijuana and Heroin found upon his person.

The facts disclose that two Portland police officers of the narcotics detail were informed by an unidentified person (described by them to be a reliable informant who had on numerous occasions given them reliable information) that the defendant George Williams, also known as “Railhead” George, was at the Maryland Hotel…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. State v. PenneyOregon Supreme Court · 1966

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. HirschOregon Supreme Court · 1974
  2. State v. SomflethCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1972
  3. State v. HuntCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1973
  4. State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1992
  5. State v. NormanCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1984

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