Claybrooks v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Fred Allen Claybrooks was convicted of the offense of trafficking in cocaine. On appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and contends that his conviction was based solely on the uncorroborated testimony of an alleged accomplice.

The record shows that the defendant and the alleged accomplice, Oliver Jones, Jr., were traveling from Florida to Alabama when they were stopped in Georgia by an officer of the Georgia State Patrol for speeding. Jones was driving at the time of the stop, and upon request of the officer, consented to a search of the rental car in which…