Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 20, 2015No. A12A2293Published

1Opinion of the Court

McMillian, Judge.

In Scott v. State, 295 Ga. 39 (757 SE2d 106) (2014), our Supreme Court overruled a long line of cases on the knowledge required to prove trafficking in cocaine under the former version of OCGA § 16-13-31 (a) (l).1 Accordingly, the Supreme Court reversed the part of our holding in Scott v. State, 320 Ga. App. XXVI (March 11, 2013) (unpublished), in which we relied on that precedent to affirm Scott’s conviction, and directed us upon remand “to determine whether the evidence at trial was sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that [Kenneth] Scott knew that the cocaine he…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  3. Hernandez-Garcia v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  5. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015

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