White v. State

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Ralph White guilty of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. In his sole enumeration of error on appeal, White contends that the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence. We disagree and affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, 2 the evidence shows that on June 29, 2000, Lieutenant Bill Watterson, a narcotics officer with the Newton County Sheriffs Department, was investigating White as a possible drug dealer. Using a confidential informant, Watterson arranged to have White deliver crack cocaine to the informant’s…