Franklin v. State

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

1. Where in investigating the cause of an automobile collision in which a death has resulted, evidence obtained from an examination of the death weapon, the automobile, by police officers at the scene of the collision without a search warrant is not inadmissible as having been obtained in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights under the decisions exemplified by Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U. S. 643 (81 SC 1684, 6 LE2d 1081), Raif v. State, 109 Ga. App. 354 (136 SE2d 169), and similar cases, as contended by the defendant.

2. Where the sole admission by the defendant…