Cantrell v. State

Blackwell, Judge.

On November 11, 2009, Victor Cantrell sold cocaine to a confidential informant and an undercover police officer, and he did so within 1,000 feet of the Butler Street Apartments, a housing complex apparently operated by the Gainesville Housing Authority. Cantrell subsequently was tried by a Hall County jury and convicted of unlawful sale of a controlled substance, an act prohibited by OCGA § 16-13-30 (b), and unlawful distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a “housing project,” an act prohibited by OCGA § 16-13-32.5 (b). On appeal, no one disputes that the…