Legal Opinion

Boyd v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 14, 2008No. A08A0786PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

George Boyd was convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession and cocaine trafficking. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

The state’s sole witness at Boyd’s bench trial was a police officer who had been assigned to a street level narcotics unit at the relevant time. Because of citizens’ complaints concerning a particular house in a “known drug area,” the officer conducted surveillance upon the house for eight hours on each of two days. During his surveillance, he observed foot traffic — individuals walking to and knocking on the front door, and the same man…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Burchett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. Slaughter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Perkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Wells v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. Shields v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  3. McClain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. Davidson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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