Williams v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

A Cobb County jury convicted defendant of a single count of trafficking in cocaine, and the trial court sentenced him to confinement for a term of 30 years and a $200,000 fine. The trial court denied defendant’s motion for new trial, as amended. Defendant now appeals, contending that trial counsel failed to call the State’s confidential informant as a witness for conflict of interest prompted by animosity trial counsel held for the informant resulting from “dual representation” — specifically, trial counsel’s representation of the informant in an earlier criminal…