Legal Opinion

Otwell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 3, 1991No. A91A0985PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Beasley, Judge.

Otwell was indicted on four counts of theft by receiving stolen property, OCGA § 16-8-7 (a). The first involved a number of electronic items belonging to one Nichols and seized at Otwell’s residence on March 2, 1990; the remaining counts were for property seized at the residence on March 15. Otwell unsuccessfully moved to suppress evidence of the property from both seizures and a jury found him guilty of count one only. His motion for new trial was denied.

Otwell’s sole contention is that the trial court erred in denying suppression of the property taken on March 2. (No…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Steagald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. State v. SlaughterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  3. Muff v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  4. Newsome v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Leon-Velazquez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Baez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  4. King v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  5. Looney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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