Legal Opinion

Cooper v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 7, 1988No. 76802PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

In a single indictment, appellants were charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. They were tried as co-defendants, and the jury returned a guilty verdict as to each. Following the denial of their motion for new trial, appellants filed a single notice of appeal from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts.

1. Over appellants’ hearsay objection, the trial court permitted a police officer to testify as to what he had been told by a confidential informant. Relying upon Momon v. State, 249 Ga. 865 (294 SE2d 482)…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Momon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Teague v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  4. Gaither v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Cichetti v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  2. Dover v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  4. Russell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  5. Banks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991

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