Legal Opinion

Sowers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 10, 1990No. A89A1683PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant Traci Sowers appeals her conviction of selling marijuana in violation of OCGA § 16-13-30. Defendant contends that the trial court erred: in denying her motion to reveal the identity of a confidential informant; in denying her motion for new trial on the grounds that the grand jury which returned her indictment was tainted and the evidence was insufficient to sustain her conviction.

1. Prior to trial, at the hearing on defendant’s motion to disclose the identity of a confidential informant, the district attorney produced the following account. Deloach, an undercover…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  4. Moore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  2. Warrick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  3. Bannister v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  4. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. DeCoteau v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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