Goolsby v. State

Smith, Judge.

Ronnie Eugene Goolsby was tried on two counts of selling cocaine, OCGA § 16-13-30 (b). Goolsby was convicted on one count and acquitted of the other. The affirmative defense of entrapment was ar*144gued as to both counts. Goolsby appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. Goolsby enumerates as error the admission into evidence of a written custodial statement by him. A Jackson-Denno hearing was conducted that began with the jury present but ended outside the jury’s presence. After the hearing, the trial judge found, “from a preponderance of the evidence, that the…