Perez-Castillo v. State

Sears, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Edwin Perez-Castillo appeals his conviction for trafficking in more than 50 pounds of marijuana. Following the jury’s guilty verdict, the trial court entered its judgment of conviction and sentence. Appellant then filed alternative motions for a new trial or to arrest the judgment. In his motion to arrest the judgment, appellant raised for the first time several constitutional challenges to the criminal statute under which he was convicted, OCGA § 16-13-31. The trial court denied both of appellant’s post-conviction motions, and he appeals to this Court,…