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Lopez v. State

Citations

  • 578 S.E.2d 304
  • 259 Ga. App. 720
  • 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 257

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding conviction when passenger in car was “in joint constructive possession” because he was “in a position to see the pistol. . . [in] the glove box”
  • the jury was authorized to infer that the defendants jointly possessed a handgun to protect their illegal drug trade
  • The officer’s testimony that radio dispatch identified a pistol as stolen was nonprobative hearsay.
  • The officer’s testimony that radio dispatch identified a pistol as stolen was nonprobative hearsay.
  • mentioning co-defendant’s access to weapon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Ellington, Smith, Eldridge

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