Legal Opinion

Dukes v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 25, 1911No. 3012PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Indictment for selling cocaine; from Chatham superior court— Judge Charlton. August 24, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.

The indictment charged the defendant with “the offense of a misdemeanor;” it being alleged that in Chatham county, on a day named, he “did unlawfully sell and furnish cocaine, contrary to the laws of the said State,” etc. The defendant demurred generally and upon the following grounds: That the indictment charges conclusions only; that the selling or furnishing of cocaine is not necessarily unlawful; that the indictment fails to set forth any particular facts by reason of which the alleged selling was unlawful; that the indictment denies the ac*538cused tbe right to know enough of the particular…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. HowellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  2. People v. Wacke, New York County Courts1912
  3. Gore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
  4. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  5. Roughlin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915

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