Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 7, 1991No. A90A1556PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Betty Bell was indicted for possession of cocaine and marijuana and convicted on the cocaine possession charge. She appeals from the denial of her motion for new trial.

1. Appellant first enumerates the general grounds. At trial, Mitchell County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Coalson testified that he was patrolling the parking lot of a Pelham nightclub on the night of March 12, 1989 when he noticed three people sitting in a parked car. Upon observing that the woman in the front passenger seat, whom he identified as appellant, “had a beer can up to her mouth, and a cigarette lighter…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. Fears v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Denham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  5. Quick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Goodman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  2. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  3. Montgomery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  4. Palencia-Barron v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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