Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 16, 1990No. A90A1571PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Beasley, Judge.

Donna Smith appeals her conviction for possession of approximately 6.7 grams of cocaine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, OCGA § 16-13-30 (a). She claims the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction because there was no evidence that she had knowledge that the package she received contained contraband. She further contends that even if the circumstantial evidence was legally sufficient to sustain a finding of guilt it likewise supported a theory consistent with her innocence, i.e., that she was innocently merely accepting what she thought was a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  3. Garcia v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  4. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  5. Ehrlich v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Davenport v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  2. Morris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  4. Danny Gary Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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