Court of Appeals of Georgia· 6/17/1997
Parris v. State
Citations
- 487 S.E.2d 690
- 226 Ga. App. 854
- 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 2399
- 1997 Ga. App. LEXIS 801
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that the evidence presented a “credible theory that the marijuana was for [defendant’s] personal use, especially in light of testimony that when arrested [defendant] exuded the odor of burnt marijuana”
- conviction of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute vacated where state failed to offer expert testimony that the amount of marijuana or its packaging indicated distribution
- division of drugs into individual packages is evidence of intent to distribute
- division of drugs into individual packages is evidence of intent to distribute
- possession of plastic grocery bag containing two bags of marijuana, one with 7.9 ounces and one with 3.6 ounces, insufficient without additional evidence of drug dealing or expert testimony, even with similar transaction evidence
- possession of plastic grocery bag containing with two bags of marijuana, one with 7.9 ounces and one with 3.6 ounces, insufficient without additional evidence of drug dealing or expert testimony, even with similar transaction evidence
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Judges: Harold R. Banke
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Vines v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-10· cited 37×
- Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-08-12· cited 31×
- Pitts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-26· cited 24×
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-22· cited 22×
- Roberson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-24· cited 19×
- Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-31· cited 16×
- Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-21· cited 14×
- Gremillion v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-13· cited 11×
- Hicks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-06· cited 10×
- Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-07· cited 9×
- Florence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-10-20· cited 7×
- Beck v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-12· cited 5×
- Beard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-19· cited 3×
- Marshall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-04-24· cited 2×
- Parker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-19· cited 2×
- Patel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-07-26· cited 2×
- Kelvin Beard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-19
- Amul Ramesh Patel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-07-26
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1990-05-10· cited 40×
- Fears v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-12-01· cited 39×
- Bacon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 30×
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-04-10· cited 22×
- James v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-10-05· cited 22×
- Hogan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-11-01· cited 21×
- Holbrook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-12-03· cited 13×
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-22· cited 11×
- Dyer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-01· cited 10×
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