Legal Opinion
Nixon v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 3, 1986No. 43493PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
Vann Leon Nixon was convicted of the unlawful sale of a non-controlled substance and sentenced to ten years in prison. His appeal is before this court on a constitutional challenge to OCGA § 16-13-30.1 (a) (1) (C). See Georgia Constitution, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Par. II (2).
The evidence at trial showed that on March 8, 1985, Chris Dorsey, a GBI agent, and Terry Turner of the Grady County Sheriffs Department, were investigating recent burglaries in Grady County. While stopped at a stop sign a man unknown to them approached their car and informed agent Dorsey that three white men…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by14 opinions
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