Legal Opinion

Brinson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 6, 1988No. 76636PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of selling cocaine. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the jury’s verdict.

1. Appellant sold cocaine to an undercover officer. According to the testimony of this officer, he had been introduced to appellant by two informants. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s failure to conduct a hearing to determine the status of the two informants. See Thornton v. State, 238 Ga. 160, 162 (2) (231 SE2d 729) (1977) and 239 Ga. 693 (238 SE2d 376) (1977).

The record shows, however, that when the question…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  2. Gilmore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  3. Carver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  2. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  3. Ezzard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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