Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 3, 2008No. A08A0052PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUFFIN, Presiding-Judge.
The State appeals the trial court’s grant of Tilena Watson’s motion to suppress marijuana found at her home. For reasons that follow, we vacate and remand.
Where the evidence at a hearing on a motion to suppress is uncontroverted and no question of credibility is presented, we review the trial court’s application of the law to these undisputed facts de novo. So viewed, the evidence shows that on July 20, 2005, the Department of Family and Children Services (“DFCS”) received a report that Watson was growing marijuana in her yard and breastfeeding her infant while using…
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- Galbreath v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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