Legal Opinion

Sankey v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 29, 1983No. 66103PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. In Count 1 he was charged with a single sale of marijuana and in Count 2 he was charged with possession of more than one ounce of marijuana with intent to distribute. Appellant’s only enumeration of error questions the sufficiency of the evidence.

At trial an investigating officer testified that, acting on a series of complaints, he purchased a “nick” (a five-dollar bag of marijuana) from appellant. The officer also stated that he later returned to appellant’s apartment with a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Baldwin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  3. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mize v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  2. Holbrook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  3. Ledford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Quarles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Holbrook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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