Benefield v. State

Clark, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for sale of cocaine for which appellant was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. There are thirteen enumerations of error, including the denial of defendant’s extraordinary motion for new trial.

The alleged sale occurred in defendant’s automobile at a time and place arranged by Hall, a paid informant for the Drug Enforcement Agency. The putative purchaser, Herndon, an undercover DEA agent, was introduced to defendant Benefield by Hall as being the informer’s cousin.

The testimony of both Hall and Herndon is that defendant picked up a bag of…