Legal Opinion
Lopez v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1987No. 74222, 74223PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Jose Luis Lopez and Ruben Oyóla were jointly tried and convicted by a jury of trafficking in cocaine. Each has filed a separate appeal.
On June 9, 1986 Lopez and Oyóla were en route from Miami to Chicago when they were stopped on 1-75 in Gordon County at 6:45 a.m. by Georgia State Patrol Trooper M. S. Ralston, who told them their automobile had either a dim or nonfunctioning taillight. Lopez was a 21-year-old native of Puerto Rico with a tenth grade education who spoke very little English. The automobile belonged to his cousin, Miguel Quieles, a Miami resident, who had…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
- State v. RezvaniCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
3Cited by7 opinions
- Lombardo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- State v. TateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Holland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Ruben Oyola v. Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General for the State of Georgia, Tommy Wallace, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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