Legal Opinion
Washington v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 28, 1999No. A99A0697PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Harold R. Banke.
LeBarron Washington was convicted of selling cocaine and sentenced to a life term. Washington appeals.
The evidence showed that while Agent David Gordon was working undercover in an area of known drug activity, Washington approached him to effectuate a drug deal. After negotiating the sale, they walked together to the end of a shopping center where Washington showed the agent four pink small ziplock baggies each containing a rock of crack cocaine. When Washington informed Gordon that the price was $80 for two, Gordon kept one baggie and returned the other to him. At a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Reid v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999