Reed v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of trafficking in cocaine (OCGA § 16-13-31 (a)), and his sole enumeration on appeal is the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal at the close of all the evidence. He argues that the evidence was insufficient to show that he was knowingly in actual possession of the cocaine found in the car he was driving at the time of his arrest. We disagree and affirm.

The evidence produced at trial showed that on October 29, 1985, a Georgia State trooper who was operating a stationary radar unit on 1-285 clocked appellant driving a 1977 Camaro at 91…