Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 6, 1977No. 54112PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for sale of marijuana.

1. In his first enumeration of error, appellant contends that the court erred in admitting into evidence a bag of marijuana allegedly sold by appellant. The marijuana was admitted over appellant’s objection that the state had not sufficiently shown the chain of custody of the evidence. The undercover agent who claimed to have made the purchase testified that she maintained sole custody of the contraband for five days after the sale and then turned it over to a named officer of the metro drug squad. It was her testimony that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  2. Meadows v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  3. Wooten v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  4. Braden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  5. Von Sprecken v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Phillips v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Gilbert v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  5. Staples v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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