Key v. State

Blackburn, Judge.

William Terry Key appeals his conviction for the sale of cocaine. He claims that the court erred in charging the jury, that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, that the State improperly placed his character in evidence, and that he was erroneously sentenced to life in prison for a second violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. We affirm the conviction and sentence.

1. Key contends his conviction must be reversed because the court erred by charging the jury in the middle of the trial.

Key was indicted with a co-defendant, Dennis Craig Martin, for selling a…