Collins v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
Following a jury trial, Willie Elmer Collins appeals his convictions for selling cocaine and for selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing project. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and argues that the court erred in a supplementary jury instruction. We agree that insufficient evidence supported the conviction for selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing project, which conviction we reverse. We affirm the conviction for selling cocaine.
1. When reviewing a defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the…
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