Legal Opinion
Copeland v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 28, 2001No. A01A0854, A01A0863PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
Under indictment no. 99CR1657, Elmore Lamar Copeland was charged with two counts of first degree forgery for possessing (1) a Georgia State Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) Limited Power of Attorney (“POA”) and (2) a DMV Title Application, both of which were purportedly made by the authority of Mirian Shepard. Similarly, under indictment no. 2000CR361, Copeland was charged with two counts of first degree forgery for possession of the same two types of DMV documents purportedly made by the authority of Theodore Primus. The indictments were joined for trial, and a jury found…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robbins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Ruffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- McRae v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Garland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- In the Interest of C. S.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
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