Mega v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Josiah Mega appeals his conviction of furnishing alcoholic beverages to an underage person in violation of OCGA § 3-3-23 (a) (1). He enumerates as error the State’s failure to prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt and the general grounds. For reasons which follow, we reverse.

The evidence showed that as a part of an underage sting operation at a package store, Officer Judith Fannon provided two underage females with false identification and cash to purchase beer at the store’s drive-through window. The young women drove to the drive-through window and…