Edmond v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Darrell Edmond was convicted of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and possession of a drug related object. He enumerates two errors on appeal, challenging the trial court’s failure to charge on actual and constructive possession and the effectiveness of counsel.

This case arose after the arresting officer received reports of a stolen car and an ensuing fight between the complainant and the alleged thief. Price v. State, 222 Ga. App. 655, 657 (2) (475 SE2d 692) (1996) (evidence on appeal must be viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict). At the…