Legal Opinion

The State v. Williams

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 11, 2016No. A15A1858PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Branch, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s decision granting Michael Lloyd Williams’s motion to suppress the admission of a statement he provided after his arrest for obstruction. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

At the hearing on the admissibility of Williams’s statements, Deputy Wesley Aaron, the only witness at the hearing, testified that on March 9,2014, he was dispatched to investigate a forced entry and burglary of a metal shop owned by Angie and Travis Wilkerson. Aaron spoke to Travis Wilkerson and learned that several items had been taken from the shop, including “chains…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Florida v. BostickSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Brendlin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Tate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  5. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. The State v. Williams.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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