Legal Opinion

Atkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 29, 1984No. 68432PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Judge.

In a bench trial, appellant was convicted of burglarizing a building occupied by the Housing Authority of the City of McDonough. In his sole enumeration of error, appellant takes issue with the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress a post-arrest statement he made and the fruits of a warrantless search of an area within the curtilage of his home.

1. Because appellant has set forth no argument or citation of authority concerning the failure to suppress his post-arrest statement, that portion of his enumerated error must be deemed abandoned. Kent v. State, 157 Ga. App. 209…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Hembree v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1976
  3. State v. FolkensSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. GarciaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Bunn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  2. Saavedra v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  3. Atkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. State v. SuttonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988

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