Billings v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Cara Billings guilty of possessing cocaine. On appeal, Billings contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State to make inappropriate comments during opening statements; limiting his cross-examination of a witness; hampering his ability to impeach a witness; and failing to give a written request to charge the jury. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

The record demonstrates that agents from the Hall County Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (MANS) received complaints that drugs were being sold from an apartment complex. On June 11,1999, the agents placed the…