Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 6, 1982No. 64058PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Banke, Judge.

Willie Davis was convicted of two counts of selling marijuana to an undercover policeman. His sole enumeration of error on appeal concerns comments made by the state’s attorney in closing argument to the jury. The argument was intended to refute the defendant’s defense of alibi for the offense, which allegedly occurred on January 22,1981, and upon which an indictment was returned in July of that year. The alibi witness testified that she first learned that the defendant was in trouble in October of 1981, the week of the trial. The state’s attorney, apparently urging the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Woodard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  2. Mobley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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