Legal Opinion

Barr v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 20, 2010No. A10A0015PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial, Breon Barr appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and further contends that he neither knowingly waived his right to a jury trial nor received effective assistance of counsel. We hold that the evidence sufficed to sustain the finding of guilt and that evidence further supported the trial court’s findings that Barr knowingly waived his right to a jury trial and received effective assistance of counsel. Accordingly, we affirm.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Fults v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. Domingues v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Jacobs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  2. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Mantooth v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. Bradford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  5. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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