STATE v. WELLS

59071.

153 Ga. App. 308 (1980)

265 S.E.2d 111

THE STATE v. WELLS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda F. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Eugene Highsmith, for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

The state appeals from the grant of the defendant's motion to suppress evidence that he was in unlawful possession of marijuana.

The defendant was detained and his car searched without a warrant as he was attempting to leave the "Chances R" nightclub. The marijuana was found in a towel on the floorboard. The basis of the search was a tip phoned in to police by a "confidential informant." The officer who received the tip recounted it as follows...

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