Poole v. State

Doyle, Judge.

Lonnie Poole was charged with trafficking methamphetamine 1 and possessing methamphetamine. 2 A Bartow County jury found him guilty on both counts. Poole appeals his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court erred by refusing to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of manufacturing methamphetamine and by failing to apply the rule of lenity and sentence him under OCGA § 16-13-30 (b), which prohibits the manufacture of methamphetamine. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Viewed in favor of the judgment, 3 the record shows that…