Cleveland v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendants, husband and wife, appeal their convictions for violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Held:

1. (a) Our laws provide for the direction of a verdict of acquittal (Code Ann. § 27-1802; Ga. L. 1971, pp. 460, 461) and where the evidence demands a verdict of acquittal the failure of a trial judge to so direct a verdict is reversible error. Bryan v. State, 137 Ga. App. 169 (2) (223 SE2d 219). Appellee’s argument to the contrary is predicated on obsolete and superseded authority.(b) The arresting officers, after observing the house where the…