Bell v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Bell appeals his conviction of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine in a publicly owned housing project (OCGA § 16-13-32.5). Held".

1. Following his conviction, defendant received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment pursuant to OCGA § 16-13-30 (d). Prior to and during trial, defendant rejected a succession of plea bargaining offers from the State which would have permitted him to avoid the mandatory life sentence. Via his first enumeration of error, defendant now maintains that it was manifestly…