Legal Opinion

Stokes v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 23, 1992No. A92A1445, A92A1446PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Judge.

Appellants/defendants William Stokes, Jr. and John Ellis Coleman were tried jointly and convicted of selling cocaine. They both appeal from their convictions and sentences and raise the same enumerations of error.

1. Defendants first argue the trial court erred in entering a judgment of conviction against them because the jury panel that heard their cases was not properly sworn. Defendants did not submit any evidence to the trial court that the jury panel was not sworn. They rely on the fact that the record does not reflect whether the jury panel was sworn. The courts of this State…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Morris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  2. Morgan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  5. Copeland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bynum v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. Benton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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