Billingsley v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury convicted Eric Billingsley of possession of cocaine, and the court sentenced him as a recidivist to 30 years. Billingsley appeals, enumerating as error the court’s charge to the jury and his sentence. We affirm.

Viewed in a light to support the verdict, the evidence at trial showed that two plainclothes police officers were patrolling a known drug area in an unmarked car when one of the officers saw Billingsley standing beside a car stopped in the middle of the street. While the officers were waiting for the car to move, they saw Billingsley walk to the side of the street,…