Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 28, 1997No. A97A1076PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Derrick Arthur Wright was convicted of armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He enumerates six errors on appeal.

This case arose after Wright and a shorter man approached the victim, a detective working undercover as a drug buyer. Price v. State, 222 Ga. App. 655, 657 (2) (475 SE2d 692) (1996) (evidence on appeal must be viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict). Moments before, the shorter man flagged down the victim, who had driven slowly through the area as though he was looking for someone. When the shorter man approached…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Price v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  3. O'TOOLE v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  4. Kegler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. McCluskey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Smoot v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Stadnisky v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Hammett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  5. Lloyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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