Legal Opinion

Cheesman v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1998No. A97A1700PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Judge.

A Rockdale County jury found Jerry Cheesman guilty of possession of more than one ounce of marijuana and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. Cheesman filed this pro se appeal, asserting, inter alia, insufficiency of the evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, improper commentary by the State during closing argument and errors by the trial court in the jury charges and throughout the trial. We affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to support the verdict, the evidence shows that in April 1995 Agent Chris Cannon of the Walton County Sheriff’s Department’s…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clarke v. ZantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Austin v. CarterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Garcia v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. Givens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Forde v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. Tucker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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