Jones v. State

Barnes, Judge.

A jury convicted Richard Jones of possessing illegal gambling devices, and he appeals. He contends that possessing these particular machines in a non-public warehouse without operating them is not a crime under the Video Poker Act of 2001, OCGA § 16-12-20 et seq., and thus the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress, in allowing witnesses to testify that certain machines were “gambling devices,” and in giving certain jury charges, as well as in denying his motion in arrest of judgment. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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