Legal Opinion
Ledesma v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 7, 1983No. 39691PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
Appellant appeals from her conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (OCGA § 16-11-131 (Code Ann. § 26-2914)) and for violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Following receipt of a teletype message from Missouri police that Miriam Ledesma was wanted for violation of the Missouri Controlled Substance Act, Fulton County and City of Atlanta police, who had assumed that an arrest warrant would be forthcoming from Missouri, arrested Ledesma. She was stopped in her car and placed under arrest. Her car was searched and a gun was found in a zipped pouch.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Durden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Walraven v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Mobley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Ledesma v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- People v. TaylorMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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