Slade v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

James Daniel Slade, Sr., appeals his conviction of possessing cocaine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. He enumerates two errors. Held:

1. In his first enumeration of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for directed verdict on the charge of possession of cocaine because the chain of custody was not proven and no cocaine was produced at trial. This contention is without merit.

Testimony shows that after receiving consent from appellant’s wife, police officers searched the apartment in which appellant…