Legal Opinion

Etchison v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 24, 2004No. A04A0309PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Demarcus Etchison appeals after a jury convicted him of selling cocaine and selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a housing project. Etchison claims the trial court erred in sentencing him under OCGA § 17-10-7 (a) and also that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdicts. After reviewing the record, we conclude there was no reversible error and affirm.

The evidence at trial, taken in the light most favorable to the verdict, was as follows. An officer with the Summerville Police Department testified that he was working with two paid confidential informants to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Mosier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  3. Russell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  4. Ryans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  5. Haney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Metoyer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  2. Dingler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  3. Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. Bearden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  5. Candace Renee Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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