Legal Opinion

Goodrum v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 1, 2004No. A04A1420PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

Bertram Goodrum was convicted of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act by trafficking in cocaine. He claims that the trial court intimated that a defense witness was lying and, for that reason, should have granted his motion for mistrial. In two separate claims of error, Goodrum argues that the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he knowingly possessed more than twenty-eight grams of a mixture with a purity of ten percent or more of cocaine. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that Goodrum ran…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Eubanks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  3. Shields v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  4. Nunnally v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sims v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  2. Blackwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  3. White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Garcia v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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