Corbitt v. State

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. The evidence at trial revealed that appellant was asked by an acquaintance and an undercover narcotics agent to purchase for them a narcotic drug called demerol (pethidine). Appellant accompanied them to another part of town where the agent gave him money with which to make the purchase. He left them, apparently to meet his supplier, then returned and gave the agent 14 tablets of demerol. In response to appellant’s request, the agent gave appellant two of the tablets as payment for…