Legal Opinion
Ledford v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 20, 1996No. A95A2323PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Joseph Kane Ledford was convicted of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (OCGA § 16-13-30). On appeal, Ledford seeks to overturn the court’s denial of his motion to suppress.
When reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, evidence is construed by this Court most favorably to uphold the findings and judgment, and the trial court’s findings on disputed facts and credibility must be accepted unless clearly erroneous. Morgan v. State, 195 Ga. App. 732, 735 (2) (394 SE2d 639) (1990). So viewed, the evidence showed that: on March 25, 1994, at about 10:00…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Morgan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- State v. ThomasonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Byers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
- McCray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
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