Crenshaw v. State

Pope, Judge.

On February 28, 1990, a sale of cocaine was made from a room at the Admiral Benbow Inn in Decatur, Georgia to a confidential informant working for the DeKalb County Police Department. A few minutes after the sale took place, uniformed officers entered the room and arrested the three men present for violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. One of the men arrested, Jimmy Tucker, had $24,202 on his person at the time of the arrest. Another man who was arrested had $1,875 in his possession. Tucker pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to distribute.

The State…