Legal Opinion
Adams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 4, 1998No. S98A0341Published
1Opinion of the Court
498 S.E.2d 268 (1998)
269 Ga. 405
ADAMS
v.
The STATE.
No. S98A0341.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
May 4, 1998.
John Dee Staggs, Jr., Waycross, for Malik "Chavis" Adams.
Theo M. Sereebutra, Asst. Dist. Atty., Waycross, for the State.
THOMPSON, Justice.
In this case of first impression, we are called upon to decide the facial validity of OCGA § 17-10-15(b).[1] That statute permits the victim of a crime involving significant exposure to HIV to request that the person arrested for the crime submit to an HIV blood test. If the person arrested refuses to submit to such a test, the statute enables the judge of the…
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- Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- R. W. Page Corp. v. LumpkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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