Legal Opinion

Hightower v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 9, 1996No. A95A2849PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried before a jury upon an indictment charging him with selling cocaine in violation of Georgia’s Controlled Substances Act. Special Agents Vickey Horton and Larry Duren of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation testified that, while working undercover with a confidential informant, defendant sold Special Agent Horton two pieces of “crack” cocaine. The special agents testified that the drug transaction occurred after the confidential informant maneuvered a vehicle next to a vehicle defendant was operating on a street in Jackson, Georgia; that Special…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Gamble v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  4. Lingo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Lingerfelt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  2. Byron v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  3. Gardner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Ridley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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