Dunn v. State

Beasley, Judge.

On October 6, 1983 appellant was convicted by a jury of trafficking in marijuana and sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined $25,000. His motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals.

1. Appellant first asserts that the state failed to prove possession of “more than 100 pounds of marijuana” necessary to convict under Code Ann. § 79A-811 (c) (OCGA § 16-13-31 (c)). He argues that although the state introduced evidence that the weight of the contraband totalled 260 pounds, this was not probative because this figure included the weight of “binding material used to tie the…