Legal Opinion
Futch v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 21, 1978No. 54506, 54507PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMurray, Judge.
Defendants were passengers in an airplane which crashed on Highway 60 between Gainesville and Dahlonega in Lumpkin County, Georgia. After the crash defendants, claiming they needed to get to a hospital, obtained a ride with a passing motorist. They took with them a large wardrobe locker (trunk). Before reaching the hospital the defendants asked the motorist to take them instead to a motel.
Meanwhile, the sheriff had been informed of the airplane crash and was told that there were illegal drugs aboard. The investigation soon led to the motel where defendants and the locker were…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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