Gaither v. State

Quillian, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act by selling cocaine. Held:

1. Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for a directed verdict because the evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt.

A verdict may be directed where there is no conflict in the evidence and the evidence, with all reasonable deductions and inferences, demands a verdict of acquittal. Code Ann. § 27-1802 (Ga. L. 1971, pp. 460, 461).

The evidence indicating defendant’s guilt was that Ford, a co-defendant, telephonically…