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Lindley v. State

Citations

  • 484 S.E.2d 33
  • 225 Ga. App. 338
  • 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 1408
  • 1997 Ga. App. LEXIS 372

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  • trial court did not err in ruling that officer was expert witness notwithstanding lack of affirmative tender as expert witness
  • directed verdict only warranted where no conflict in the evidence and evidence demands a verdict of acquittal as a matter of law
  • Expert’s “special knowledge in regard to a particular subject may be derived from experience as well as study and direct mental application. [Cits.]”
  • trial court implicitly accepted police officer as an expert, even though he was not formally tendered as an expert, because the officer testified as to his experience in drug investigations
  • trial court implicitly accepted police officer as an expert, even though he was not formally tendered as an expert, because the officer testified as to his experience in drug investigations
  • trial court implicitly accepted police officer as an expert, even though he was not formally tendered as an expert, because the officer testified as to his experience in drug investigations

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Judges: Birdsong, Ruffin, Eldridge

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