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· 11/30/1990

Ancrum v. State

Citations

  • 399 S.E.2d 574
  • 197 Ga. App. 819
  • 1990 Ga. App. LEXIS 1485

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • reversing for refusal to give requested possession charge where contraband was found under a seat accessible to several defendants
  • failure to give jury the proper guidelines for determining guilt or innocence is reversible error
  • failure to instruct on the law of possession, an essential element of the offenses, was error
  • failure to instruct on the law of possession, an essential element of the offenses, was error

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Judges: Deen, Pope, Beasley

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