Legal Opinion

Boatwright v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 10, 1989No. A89A0865PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Judge.

Appellant filed this appeal from his 1987 conviction for trafficking in cocaine after the trial court granted him leave to file an out-of-time appeal.

1. Appellant initially questions whether the evidence presented by the State was sufficient to convict him of trafficking in cocaine.

The State presented evidence that appellant’s brother was selling cocaine at the brother’s home in north Georgia. Pursuant to a GBI? FBI investigation, the law enforcement officers arranged for an informant, wearing a tape-recording device, to make purchases from appellant’s brother on three separate…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Gaither v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Almond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Barnes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Cunningham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Conrad v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  4. Strickland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  5. Freeman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000

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