Legal Opinion

Eze v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 2, 1990No. A90A0340PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant and a co-defendant were tried before a jury and found guilty of trafficking in cocaine. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence that were entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict.

1. The cocaine was found in an automobile that the co-defendant was driving and appellant was occupying as the sole passenger. Appellant enumerates the general grounds, urging that the State failed to rebut the presumption that all that is contained within an automobile is presumed to be in the possession of the driver. However, when construed most…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Curry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  2. Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Owens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  4. Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Garrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  2. Knox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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