Owens v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendants Joe Owens, Jr., Willie June Owens and Garland Tard were indicted for trafficking in cocaine (Count 1) and theft by receiving stolen property (Count 3). Count 2 involved another defendant wbo is not one of the appellants in the cases sub judice. The State presented the following evidence at a jury trial:

Defendant Garland Tard and defendant Joe Owens, Jr., leased a two-bedroom “duplex” apartment at 2422 Goodwin Drive in Macon, Georgia. Investigator Russell Nelson, “with the Macon/Bibb County Drug and Vice Unit,” obtained information from a “confidential…