STATE v. ALVARADO

S90G0840.

260 Ga. 563 (1990)

397 S.E.2d 550

THE STATE v. ALVARADO.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Partain III, District Attorney, Michael R. McCarthy, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Bates, Kelehear & Starr, Harlan M. Starr, for appellee.


CLARKE, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider how the concepts of "actual" possession and "constructive" possession, and the requirement that both types of possession be "knowing," apply in a cocaine trafficking case.

At the time that the alleged offense occurred, OCGA § 16-13-31 required proof of "actual" possession to constitute trafficking, whereas either actual or constructive possession constituted the offense of possession of a controlled...

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