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Lipsey v. State

Citations

  • 652 S.E.2d 870
  • 287 Ga. App. 835
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 3227
  • 2007 Ga. App. LEXIS 1112
  • 2007 WL 2984388

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “possession of digital scales typically used to weigh drugs for distribution” can serve as evidence of the intent to distribute
  • amount of cocaine and digital scale support conviction for possession with the intent to distribute
  • “A defendant has an obligation to raise all allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel at the earliest practicable moment, and any allegation not raised is deemed waived.”
  • possession of scale “typically used to weigh drugs for distribution” can he an indicia of the intent to distribute
  • no charge on presumption of possession necessary where defendant was not the driver of the vehicle nor proven to be the owner, and a witness testified that he saw the defendant holding contraband
  • no charge on presumption of possession necessary where defendant was not the driver of the vehicle nor proven to be the owner, and a witness testified that he saw the defendant holding contraband

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Ruffin, Blackburn, Bernes

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