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Dugger v. State

Citations

  • 581 S.E.2d 655
  • 260 Ga. App. 843
  • 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 1294
  • 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 491

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the trial court did not err in finding that defendant violated a probation provision requiring him to avoid contact with persons of disreputable or harmful character when he knowingly associated with a drug dealer
  • requiring less evidence of constructive possession of contraband for probation revocation than for conviction
  • in a probation revocation proceeding it is not necessary that the evidence support the findings beyond a reasonable doubt
  • appellate court will not interfere with trial court’s ruling on probation revocation absent manifest abuse of discretion
  • “ ‘It is well settled law that the quality and quantum of evidence necessary for revocation of probation is not that demanded for conviction of crime.’ ”
  • where immediate and exclusive possession of an automobile is shown, it is presumed that the owner of the automobile is the owner of all things contained therein

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Judges: Mikell, Johnson, Eldridge

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