Legal Opinion
Capers v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 16, 1996No. A95A2180PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Reginald Leonard Capers was convicted of trafficking in cocaine in violation of OCGA § 16-13-31 (a) (1) (A). He appeals the judgment of conviction and sentence following the denial of his motion for new trial. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.
The evidence at trial revealed the following. This case arose after police officers stopped a car driven by Capers’ co-defendant, Jerry Whitley, for failure to maintain his lane. Capers was a passenger in the car. When one of the officers leaned down to ask for the vehicle registration papers, he noticed rolling papers and what…
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