Legal Opinion
State v. Slaughter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 17, 1984No. 40414PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Chief Justice.
After his motion to suppress was denied, Robert Earl Slaughter was tried by a jury and convicted of possession of cocaine and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. On appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s order denying Slaughter’s motion to suppress, and remanded for a new hearing on the motion to suppress and for a new trial. Slaughter v. State, 168 Ga. App. 58 (308 SE2d 6) (1983). We granted certiorari.
After observing Slaughter smoking marijuana in the parking lot of a nightclub and arresting him, the police found cocaine in Slaughter’s…
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