Legal Opinion
Beck v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1995No. A94A2140PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Beck was charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana. He was tried and convicted of possession of cocaine, acquitted of the other charge, and appeals.
On January 15, 1993, Beck filed a motion to suppress. A hearing on that motion was held on February 26, 1993. Detective Key of the Dalton Police Department testified that on May 28, 1992, shortly before noon, he received a phone call from a paid confidential informant whom he had known for about three years. This informant had previously provided information to Key that resulted in ten separate felony arrests, convictions and…
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