Jackson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Ralph Jackson, Jr. was charged in an indictment with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school. With the assistance of counsel, Jackson entered into a negotiated guilty plea to one count of possession of cocaine. The day before the plea hearing, counsel filed a written plea of former jeopardy. The basis for this plea is that, at the hearing where Jackson was bound over by the Muscogee County Recorder’s Court to superior court for the two cocaine charges, he was also adjudicated guilty of disorderly…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. BroceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Leatherwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Edmonson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Redding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Honiker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998