Gilliam v. State

Shulman, Judge.

This appeal follows appellant’s conviction of selling a controlled substance.

The state based its case primarily on testimony of a witness, an alleged undercover agent, who testified that appellant sold him eight capsules (which were later determined to be barbiturates). In related enumerations of error, appellant seeks reversal based on the following arguments: (1) that the trial court erred in holding that the witness was a qualified police officer as defined in Code Ann. § 92A-2108; (2) that this wrongfully shifted the burden of disproving qualifications to appellant; (3)…