Collins v. State

Pope, Judge.

The defendant, Zachary S. Collins, was tried by a jury and convicted of unlawful distribution of cocaine. On appeal he asserts the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict and that evidence of a similar transaction was improperly admitted.

The State presented evidence showing that J. L. Stevens, an undercover narcotics investigator for the Duluth Police Department, was driving in the vicinity of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church when defendant’s brother, Danny Collins, walked in front of his pick-up truck and asked Stevens “what he wanted and how much.” Stevens…