Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 3, 1997No. S97G1083Published

1Opinion of the Court

492 S.E.2d 204 (1997)

268 Ga. 592

MITCHELL

v.

The STATE.

No. S97G1083.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 3, 1997.

Timothy T. Herring, Atlanta, for Robert L. Mitchell.

Tommy K. Floyd, Dist. Atty., Thomas Rogers Berry, Mark S. Daniel, Asst. Dist. Attys., Jackson, for the State.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Mitchell v. State, 225 Ga.App. 520, 484 S.E.2d 271 (1997), to determine whether, under the facts of this case, the Court of Appeals erred by ruling that the evidence was sufficient to sustain Mitchell's conviction for trafficking in cocaine. We hold that the evidence was not sufficient…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Roper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Eason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
  5. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997

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