Mitchell v. State

Miller, Judge.

A jury found Haywood Mitchell guilty of the sale and delivery of cocaine and of possession of cocaine. He appeals, contending that the State failed to rebut his entrapment defense. He also challenges the admission of similar transaction evidence and the denial of his motion for new trial. We affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence. So construed, the evidence shows that at approximately 9:00 p.m. on January 9, 1998, an undercover agent drove his…