Legal Opinion

Spead v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 1, 1988No. 76468PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of selling cocaine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Appellant appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdict of guilty.

1. Appellant enumerates as error the admission into evidence of the cocaine over his chain of custody objection. He contends that the State presented insufficient proof to show that the contraband which was introduced into evidence at trial was the cocaine which he had allegedly sold.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Mulkey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  3. Millwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Kelly v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Walls v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  2. Fantasia v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  3. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. Habersham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  5. Shivers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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