Merritt v. State

Johnson, Judge.

Ronnie Merritt appeals from his conviction of selling cocaine.

1. Merritt complains that the court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. The State presented an undercover police officer who testified that Merritt sold him cocaine. The State also presented Merritt’s four prior convictions for cocaine offenses as similar transaction evidence. Merritt admitted during his testimony that he sold cocaine to the officer, but claimed that he was entrapped. Reviewing this evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, we find that a rational trier…