Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 8, 1989No. 77842PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sognier, Judge.

James Paul Adams appeals from his conviction on four counts of obtaining controlled substances by forgery and one count of attempting the same offense.

Construing it to support the verdict, the evidence at trial showed that Sabrina Thibodeau, appellant’s twelve-year-old niece, was arrested at a pharmacy when the pharmacist became suspicious of the signature on a prescription Thibodeau had presented for Percocet, a controlled substance. Thibodeau gave a statement to the police implicating appellant and his wife, and on the basis of that statement appellant and his wife were…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. French v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Higgs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  5. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Mallory v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  3. McBee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Watkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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