Legal Opinion

Goldsby v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 3, 1988No. 75125PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana, in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. The evidence adduced at trial was as follows:

At about 1:30 p.m. on August 8, 1986, Special Agent Thomas Hill Davis, Jr. of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation interviewed a confidential informant who advised him that defendant, who is from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, “was coming to . . . and had been in Claxton[, Georgia] for a couple of days and . . . had with him a quantity of rock cocaine that he was going to…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Weems v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  2. Walton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  3. Commonwealth v. YorkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Ross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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