Legal Opinion

Villegas v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 14, 2002No. A02A0481Published

1Opinion of the Court

Eldridge, Judge.

A Cherokee County jury found Jose Villegas guilty of trafficking in cocaine. Without challenging the sufficiency of the evidence against him, Villegas appeals and contends that a post-arrest photo*267graph improperly impacted on his entrapment defense and that the trial court’s charge to the jury on entrapment was improper. Because Villegas’ contentions are meritless, we affirm.

1. Villegas, along with his two co-defendants, was photographed on the scene at the time of arrest. The State introduced all three photographs in order to demonstrate the defendants’ appearance at the time…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. Keaton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  3. McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. Bullard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  5. Leverette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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