Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 12, 1982No. 63434PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Chief Judge.
The defendant was indicted for the offense of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, convicted by a jury, and sentenced to ten years on probation. Held:
1. Error is assigned to the overruling of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence (marijuana) seized after a search without a warrant.
The following facts were adduced at the hearing on the motion.
On February 14, 1981, a Dougherty County Deputy Sheriff called the Dougherty County Jail and told the matron there that he had information that the defendant, whose husband was an inmate in the jail, would be…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Morgan v. KiffSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. PetersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Lang v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Ridgeway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Butler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
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