Benson v. State

MONTIEL, Judge.

The appellant was charged with the unlawful sale of cocaine. A jury found the appellant guilty as charged. The trial judge sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

On May 24, 1989, Carl Michael James, a deputy in the narcotics unit with the De-Kalb County Sheriff’s Department, while working undercover, was introduced to the appellant by a confidential informant. Deputy James testified that the appellant told him that he could find a supplier of cocaine. The appellant, Deputy James, and the informant got into James’s car, and the…