State v. Lewis

Hill, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals decision in Lewis v. State, 161 Ga. App. 348 (288 SE2d 124) (1982), which held that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to uphold the defendant’s conviction for possession of marijuana in that the evidence failed to show that he had “control” of the marijuana. Although certiorari is not ordinarily granted to review the sufficiency of the evidence, Code Ann. § 24-4529 (1), the decision here involves the laws relating to parties and possession of contraband and affects enforcement of the state’s drug laws.…