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Taylor v. State

Citations

  • 561 S.E.2d 833
  • 254 Ga. App. 150
  • 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 222

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  • trial court does not abuse its discretion in admitting relevant evidence, even if that evidence incidentally impugns the defendant’s character
  • “Even if we assume that there was an improper comment on [defendant’s] silence, such an impropriety does not automatically require reversal and may be harmless error.”
  • denial of motion to suppress upheld where smell of marijuana emanating from apartment and detected on clothes of occupants when officers responded to call that marijuana was being smoked in the building
  • after the defendant took the stand to testify to his own good character and to deny any recent involvement in the drug trade, evidence that the defendant recently associated with convicted drug dealers was admissible to prove that defendant was dealing drugs
  • after the defendant took the stand to testify to his own good character and to deny any recent involvement in the drug trade, evidence that the defendant recently associated with convicted drug dealers was admissible to prove that defendant was dealing drugs
  • officers, investigating complaints of marijuana smoking in apartment building, who then smelled odor of marijuana coming from an apartment, saw two men leave this apartment, and smelled marijuana on their clothing, had probable cause to suspect there was marijuana in that apartment

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Judges: Johnson, Ruffin, Ellington

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