Crutchfield v. State

Miller, Chief Judge.

A Walton County jury convicted Willie Crutchfield of selling cocaine (OCGA § 16-13-30 (b)), false imprisonment (OCGA § 16-5-41), and simple assault (OCGA § 16-5-20). Crutchfield appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, arguing that the trial court erred by (1) failing to give the jury his proposed jury instruction on circumstantial evidence, (2) allowing the jury to see a transcript of a recording of the cocaine sale transaction without requiring the State to redact prejudicial language, and (3) sentencing him under the recidivist statute, OCGA § 17-10-7.…