Legal Opinion
Scott v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 28, 2014No. S13G1042PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Presiding Justice.
This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Scott v. State, 320 Ga. App. XXVI (Case No. A12A2293, decided March 11, 2013) (not to be officially reported) to consider whether former OCGA § 16-13-31 (a) (1), which set forth the elements of the felony offense of trafficking in cocaine, required proof that the defendant had knowledge of the weight of the drug. Finding that the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that proof of the knowledge of the weight or quantity of cocaine was not an element of the offense, we reverse and remand.
Kenneth Scott was…
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