Legal Opinion
State v. Bassford
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1987No. 74642PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Chief Judge.
The State appeals from the judgment of the trial court directing the suppression of the fruits of a search conducted by the police on the automobile of Barry Owen Bassford, the defendant. At approximately 11:00 a.m. on January 31, 1986, Jerry T. Abernathy, a special agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, received a phone call in the Regional Drug Enforcement Office in Douglas, Georgia, from a confidential informant. He had known the informant since August of 1985 when he had been arrested for trafficking in cocaine. The informant had agreed to provide information…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
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