Legal Opinion

State v. Durrence

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 12, 2008No. A08A1640PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

The state appeals the trial court’s grant of John Durrence’s motion to suppress evidence discovered inside his residence during what the state contends was a valid search pursuant to consent. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we construe the evidence most favorably to upholding the findings of fact and judgment of the trial court. We must accept the trial court’s findings on disputed facts and credibility unless those findings are clearly erroneous, and the trial court’s findings will not be…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Woodruff v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. State v. WestmorelandCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. State v. JourdanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  4. Corley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. State v. BattyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Kendrick v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  2. State v. AustinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  3. The State v. DepolCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  4. The State v. BowmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  5. McKIBBEN v. THE STATECourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017

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