Russell v. State

Phipps, Judge.

After a jury trial, Rocky Russell was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine and possessing alprazolam, a controlled substance. Russell appeals his trafficking conviction. He claims that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict and that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on guilt by mere association and guilt by mere presence. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence showed that a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation began an undercover drug…