Helton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• intent to distribute can be inferred from quantity of drugs seized and manner of packaging
• possession of four small bags of methamphetamine, large amount of cash, and expert testimony sufficient to support intent to distribute conviction
• possession of four small bags of methamphetamine, large amount of cash, and expert testimony sufficient to support intent to distribute conviction
• the packaging and the amount of drugs and currency found were relevant to question of possession with intent to distribute
• evidence of possession held sufficient where bags of methamphetamine were found in the exact location where defendant had leaned over after exiting his vehicle
• evidence sufficient to support intent to distribute conviction based upon division of drugs into individual packages, large amount of cash found on defendant, and expert testimony, even though every package was not tested by the State crime lab

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-16· cited 22×
• Harper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-08· cited 20×
• Boring v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-07· cited 14×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-05-14· cited 14×
• Driscoll v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-26· cited 12×
• Best v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-05-11· cited 12×
• Barber v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-11· cited 11×
• Ray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-12· cited 10×
• McCombs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-27· cited 10×
• Barnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-09· cited 9×
• Ryan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-06· cited 9×
• Cotton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-10· cited 8×
• MacIas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-25· cited 8×
• Ogburn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-20· cited 8×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-08-15· cited 7×
• Yates v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-08· cited 7×
• Beck v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-12· cited 5×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-12-06· cited 5×
• Barrino v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-20· cited 4×
• Atkinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-25· cited 4×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-03· cited 52×
• Maddox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-25· cited 31×
• Lindley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 25×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-03· cited 15×
• Bethea v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-03-20· cited 12×
• Bowers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-04· cited 10×
• Henderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-04-06· cited 10×
• Haywood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-22· cited 9×
• Bilow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-18· cited 8×
• Jordan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-12· cited 6×
• Riddle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-05-28· cited 5×
• Way v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-12· cited 4×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 4×