Garcia v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

This is a companion case to Beguiristain v. State, 187 Ga. App. 164 (369 SE2d 774) (1988) and the relevant facts are set forth in that case. Garcia was also convicted of trafficking in cocaine and received the mandatory twenty-five-year sentence and a $500,000 fine.

1. The trial court did not err in denying Garcia’s motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, as the State presented sufficient evidence for the case to go to the jury. Appellant was in the passenger seat of Beguiristain’s automobile when it was stopped by a deputy sheriff and searched. The cocaine was hidden…