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ATKINS v. STATE

41875.

254 Ga. 641 (1985)

331 S.E.2d 597

ATKINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crumbley & Crumbley, Wade M. Crumbley, for appellant.

E. Byron Smith, District Attorney, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

We granted cert. to consider whether a child under the age of eighteen can give a valid consent to search his mother's house. The Court of Appeals in Atkins v. State 173 Ga.App. 9 (325 S.E.2d 388) (1984), found the consent to be valid. We hold that a minor may give consent, but we find that not all the necessary elements for giving consent were established at the suppression...

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