Legal Opinion

Collins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 7, 2006No. A06A0815PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Willie Elmer Collins appeals his convictions for selling cocaine and for selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing project. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and argues that the court erred in a supplementary jury instruction. We agree that insufficient evidence supported the conviction for selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing project, which conviction we reverse. We affirm the conviction for selling cocaine.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Benton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  3. Quarterman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  5. Mahone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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