Legal Opinion

Cotton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 10, 2009No. A09A1281PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Omali Cotton appeals from his convictions for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, obstruction of an officer, giving false information to a police officer, driving with a suspended license, and failing to use a turn signal. In his sole enumeration of error, Cotton contends insufficient evidence exists to support his felony conviction for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute. We disagree and affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that in a search incident to Cotton’s arrest for driving without a license,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Helton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  3. Lindley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. McNair v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  5. Bowers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  2. Barber v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  3. Patel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  4. Amul Ramesh Patel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019

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