Legal Opinion
State v. McFarland
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 17, 1991No. A91A1394PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sognier, Chief Judge.
Michael McFarland was charged with the offenses of DUI, OCGA § 40-6-391; driving with no proof of insurance, OCGA § 33-34-10; and being a habitual violator, OCGA § 40-5-58. The State appeals from the grant of McFarland’s motion to suppress evidence.
The evidence presented at the hearing on the motion to suppress reveals that in the early morning hours of October 19, 1990, Officers Gilleland and Heard of the Canton Police Department were sitting in their parked patrol car completing a report when they received a radio dispatch informing them that the attendant in a service…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. ThomasonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- State v. MisuracaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Chastain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Beck v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
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