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State v. Newton

Citations

  • 294 Ga. 767
  • 755 S.E.2d 786
  • 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 454
  • 2014 WL 902261
  • 2014 Ga. LEXIS 197

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  • determining that evidence was sufficient to show that entry of house was “without authority,” where the defendant gained consent to enter home by giving fictitious name and fake driver’s license
  • determining that evidence was sufficient to show that entry of house was “without authority,” where the defendant gained consent to enter home by giving fictitious name and fake driver’s license
  • even gaining consent to enter by artifice is sufficient to support a guilty verdict for burglary
  • even gaining consent to enter by artifice is sufficient to support a guilty verdict for burglary
  • “[C]onsent to enter that is given 6 based on a fraud or deceit perpetrated by the defendant is an unauthorized entry for the purposes of [entering or remaining in a dwelling without authority].”
  • applying the former statute to events occurring in 2007

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Judges: Benham

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