Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 17, 2012No. A11A2226PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MCFADDEN, Judge.

Kenneth Brown appeals from his conviction for possession of cocaine on the grounds that evidence of a pipe containing cocaine residue should have been suppressed and that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. Because he did not preserve for appellate review his suppression claim and because the evidence met the sufficiency standard set forth in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979), we affirm.

Viewed in a light to uphold the verdict, see Weldon v. State, 279 Ga. 185 (611 SE2d 36) (2005), the evidence showed that shortly after…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  3. Blackford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  4. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  5. Thurmond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lopez-Jimenez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Mallard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
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  4. Helen Webb Mallard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  5. Jose Lopez-Jimenez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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