Legal Opinion
Patterson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 4, 1977No. 31244PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ingram, Justice.
This is a drug case with a due process issue that is here on certiorari. The question we address is whether the defendant, charged with possession of marijuana, has a right to an independent analysis of the alleged marijuana. The Court of Appeals held that the defendant does not have a right to make an independent analysis.
The defendant was arrested by the GBI in August, 1971, and charged with possession of marijuana in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (Code Ann. § 79A-801 et seq.) The State Crime Laboratory received samples of the alleged marijuana during…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1972
- Warren v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- State v. MiglioreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- James v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1972
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3Cited by84 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Sabel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Robert Dale Conklin v. Derrick SchofieldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
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