Hancock v. State

Blackburn, Judge.

Billy Hancock appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. On appeal, Hancock enumerates as error the trial court’s denial of his motion for directed verdict and his motion for new trial. Hancock asserts that the evidence was insufficient for the jury to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of possessing twenty-eight grams or more of a mixture with a purity of ten percent or more of cocaine.

The State presented the testimony of its expert, a forensic chemist with 19 years of experience with the GBI crime lab, who testified that he had conducted…