Legal Opinion

Yawn v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 20, 1975No. 50252PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. Under the decision in Anderson v. State, 123 Ga. App. 57 (179 SE2d 286) the officer had a right to stop the defendant for a routine check when he saw him driving away from what appears from the evidence here to have been a closed pool hall and building at approximately 4:45 a.m.

2. The only evidence that the defendant possessed marijuana is the testimony of the state’s witness that while he took the defendant to the police station for the purpose of administering a chemical test to determine the amount of alcohol in his blood (Ga. L. 1974, pp. 633, 672; Code Ann. §…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  2. Brewer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  3. Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  4. Cunningham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  2. O'KEEFE v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Berry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  4. Clare v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  5. State v. MeddersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

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