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Carrasquillo v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Dec 4, 1996
479 S.E.2d 202 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

A96A2195.

DECIDED DECEMBER 4, 1996.

Drug violation. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Coursey.

Steven H. Sadow, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Jeanne M. Canavan, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


Defendant was charged in an indictment with three counts of trafficking in cocaine and four counts of violating Georgia's Controlled Substances Act (three counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and one count of possession of more than an ounce of marijuana. This appeal followed the trial court's denial of defendant's plea of former jeopardy. Held:

In his sole enumeration of error, defendant contends a previous civil forfeiture proceeding relating to the criminal activity in question in the case sub judice placed him in jeopardy and thus prohibits further prosecution on the above criminal charges. This argument is without merit for the reasons stated in Murphy v. State, 219 Ga. App. 474 ( 465 S.E.2d 497), affirmed in 267 Ga. 120 ( 475 S.E.2d 907).

Judgment affirmed. Johnson and Ruffin, JJ., concur.


DECIDED DECEMBER 4, 1996.


Summaries of

Carrasquillo v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Dec 4, 1996
479 S.E.2d 202 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Carrasquillo v. State

Case Details

Full title:CARRASQUILLO v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Dec 4, 1996

Citations

479 S.E.2d 202 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996)
479 S.E.2d 202