Collinsworth v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

A jury convicted Doak Collinsworth of the unauthorized possession of drugs by an inmate, OCGA § 42-5-18 (b). The trial court sentenced him as a recidivist to serve five years consecutive to his prior sentence. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, Collinsworth filed the present appeal, in which he asserts the general grounds. We affirm the conviction.

Collinsworth contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial because the verdict is contrary to law, contrary to the evidence, and strongly against the weight of the evidence. “As an initial…