Legal Opinion

Habersham v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 24, 1989No. 77792PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Alvin Habersham was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and appeals.

1. Defendant first enumerates as error the denial of his motion to sever. The record shows that defendant and co-defendant Winfred Glover (see Glover v. State, 188 Ga. App. 330 (373 SE2d 39) (1988)) repeatedly moved for severance at trial. On appeal defendant insists that Glover would have testified at a severed trial and that his testimony would have been exculpatory. In support of his motion defendant submitted Glover’s affidavit in which he averred, inter alia, that they were at the scene so that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Stevens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  3. Kelly v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  4. Tyson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Spead v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Howren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  2. Hubbard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  3. Willis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. House v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Keener v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994

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