Scott v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Johnny Scott was arrested for selling crack cocaine to Jeremy Mann. Scott gave a statement to the police admitting to the sale. At trial, Mann testified that Scott sold him crack cocaine; Scott’s confession to the police was also put before the jury. In addition, three similar transactions were introduced against Scott. Scott, on the other hand, testified that he never sold cocaine to Mann and that his arrest was a police set-up because he refused to implicate a third party. A Muscogee County jury did not believe Scott’s version of events and found him guilty of sale of…