Grier v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Vanessa Grier appeals from her conviction of possession of co*410caine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act.

The record shows that Grier was visiting her boyfriend, Rodney Benton, at the Newton County Detention Center and brought a package containing toiletries for his cellmate, Larry Baines. An officer inspected the package and found a straw containing what was later identified as cocaine embedded in a tube of toothpaste. Grier was thereafter arrested.

At trial, Grier maintained that she did not know the toothpaste tube contained cocaine. She testified that Baines…