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SCOTT v. STATE

No. S13G1042.

757 S.E.2d 106 (2014)

295 Ga. 39

SCOTT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lawrence Persse, Office of the Public Defender, Statesboro, for appellant.

Samuel H. Altman, Dist. Atty., Rizza C.F. Palmares, Dist. Atty., Kelly Anne Jenkins, Asst. Dist. Atty., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Swainsboro, for appellee.

HINES, Presiding Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Scott v. State, Case No. A12A2293, decided March 11, 2013 (not to be officially reported) to consider whether former OCGA § 16-13-31(a)(1), which set forth the elements of the felony offense of trafficking in cocaine, required proof that the defendant had knowledge of the weight of the drug. Finding that the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that proof of the knowledge...

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