Legal Opinion

Childs v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 5, 2010No. S10A0497PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Isaiah Childs appeals from his conviction by a Wilcox County jury of one count of the sale of cocaine. Childs contends, among other things, that the trial court erred in denying his motion to declare OCGA § 24-9-84.1 (a) (2) unconstitutional. Finding no merit to Childs’s contentions, we affirm.

1. Childs contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence at trial included the following. On March 4, 2006, Alan Mann, an investigator with a drug task force, sent an informant, Ethel Miller,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. McGautha v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Ohler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Clay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  2. Billings v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  4. Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. Norris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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