Emerson v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Thomas Emerson was convicted of possessing cocaine and marijuana in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. He appeals the judgment of conviction and sentence following the denial of his motion for new trial. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

Viewed in a light to support the verdict, the evidence showed that while patrolling a mobile home park, Cobb County police officers observed a suspicious man loitering outside one of the mobile homes. They watched as the man approached a van parked nearby and subsequently learned that the man attempted to sell crack cocaine to…