Legal Opinion
State v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 2, 2001No. S00A1512PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from the trial court’s grant of a motion to suppress evidence in a murder prosecution. See OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (4). Testimony at the hearing on the motion to suppress outlined the following events. On January 15, 1998, shortly after 10:00 p.m., Terri Lynn Peterson made an emergency call to 911 because her five-year-old nephew, Terrell Peterson, was not breathing. The child was taken by emergency personnel to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Detective Griffie of the Atlanta Police Department, who was assigned to the case, arrived at the hospital…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- United States v. James S. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- State v. JonesArizona Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. PlantNebraska Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. DavidSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Pledger v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- United States v. David William BradleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
- Peterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
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