Langston v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Langston was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, OCGA § 16-13-30 (b), and his motion for new trial was denied.

He contends that the evidence at trial was circumstantial, and that the trial court’s refusal to give his requested charge on circumstantial evidence was therefore error.

The evidence at trial in support of the conviction showed that at approximately 9:45 p.m., a police detective patrolling a known drug area in Augusta observed Langston leaning into the driver’s window of a car stopped in the roadway. The detective testified that when the police…