JACKSON v. STATE

A92A2079.

208 Ga. App. 391 (1993)

430 S.E.2d 781

JACKSON v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Classens, for appellant.

R. Joseph Martin III, District Attorney, for appellee.

Mary E. Wyckoff, Gerald R. Weber, Elizabeth J. Appley, Richard L. Greene, amici curiae.


ANDREWS, Judge.

Sylvia Jackson brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of her motions to dismiss the indictment and to suppress evidence. The indictment charges Jackson with possession of cocaine in violation of OCGA § 16-13-30 (a). The trial court refused to suppress evidence supporting the State's case that a blood specimen of her stillborn fetus tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine.

Jackson, who was 24 weeks pregnant,...

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