Legal Opinion

State v. Clark

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 17, 2017No. S17A0350PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENHAM, Justice.

The State appeals the trial court’s pre-trial decision to suppress statements made by appellee William Clark during a police station interview. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

*81. This Court has held:

When reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, an appellate court must construe the evidentiary record in the light most favorable to the factual findings and judgment of the trial court. This means that the reviewing court generally must accept the trial court’s findings as to disputed facts unless they are clearly erroneous, although the reviewing court…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Moran v. BurbineSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Dickerson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. High v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  5. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021

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