Taylor v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Mitchell Taylor was convicted of a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute), and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. He brings this appeal following the denial of his motion for a new trial, contending that the circumstantial evidence presented at trial was not sufficient to support a guilty verdict on the drug charge. Held:

The evidence showed that at about midnight on May 5, 1989, a sheriff’s investigator who was on medical leave observed from his home suspicious activity at the Top of Ellijay Motel.…