Knight v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Chief Judge.
A jury found Thomas Edison Knight guilty of selling cocaine. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed *812verdict of acquittal because the testimony of the confidential informant who participated in the controlled buy of the cocaine was not sufficiently corroborated. However, the testimony of a single witness is generally sufficient to establish a fact. OCGA § 24-4-8. And though corroboration is required where the witness in a felony case is an accomplice, corroborating circumstances, rather than the testimony of a second witness, may suffice.…
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