Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 28, 2000No. A00A0076PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, Chief Judge.

A jury found Roger Lee Sanders guilty of selling cocaine. On appeal, he contests the denial of his motion for directed verdict of acquittal and claims that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence and that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. He claims that the state failed to show chain of custody as to the cocaine and as to a videotape of the transaction and that the state failed to prove he was the seller of the drugs. We find that the state produced sufficient evidence regarding the chain of custody of the cocaine, that no chain of custody was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Redding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  2. Gadson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Ellison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Yawn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. Slade v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Maldonado v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  2. Horne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  3. Swanson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  4. Brooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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