Gay v. State

Beasley, Chief Judge.

Gay appeals from his conviction and sentence on one count of attempt to purchase cocaine. OCGA §§ 16-4-1 and 16-13-30 (a). He was also acquitted on one count of possession of a counterfeit substance. OCGA § 16-13-30 (i).

The State’s sole witness was an undercover police officer. He testified he was posing as a street-level drug dealer when approached by a car driven by Gay’s girl friend Barnes, with Gay in the front passenger seat. They stopped, spoke to the officer, and negotiated the sale of a “20 dollar piece” of counterfeit cocaine in exchange for two cartons of…