Legal Opinion

Knight v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 13, 2000No. A99A2257Published

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, Chief Judge.

A jury found Thomas Edison Knight guilty of selling cocaine. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed *812verdict of acquittal because the testimony of the confidential informant who participated in the controlled buy of the cocaine was not sufficiently corroborated. However, the testimony of a single witness is generally sufficient to establish a fact. OCGA § 24-4-8. And though corroboration is required where the witness in a felony case is an accomplice, corroborating circumstances, rather than the testimony of a second witness, may suffice.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lester v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Fain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  3. Martinez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  4. Hardaway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  5. Marshall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958

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