Legal Opinion
State v. Stokes
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 19, 1988No. 75357PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Judge.
Appellee Bernard Anthony Stokes was indicted on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The State brings this appeal from the lower court’s grant of appellee’s motion to suppress evidence.
Lake City Police Sergeant Ratteree testified on behalf of the State; Lake City Police Officer Maslanka testified on behalf of appellee. Distilled to its essence, this testimony showed that at approximately 11:30 p.m. on July 23, 1986 Sgt. Ratteree was off-duty and headed home. He observed appellee make an illegal u-turn on a major thoroughfare, crossing four lanes of traffic.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Rutland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Thomas v. LockwoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Brisendine v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Highland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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3Cited by7 opinions
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