Riley v. State

Adams, Judge.

James Riley appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction on one count of trafficking in cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, 1 the evidence at trial demonstrated that on June 9, 2004, a confidential informant working with the Atlanta Police Department made a controlled drug buy at a house on Metropolitan Parkway, which was operated as a “drug trap” 2 for an alleged dealer named Larrion Dickerson. Later that day, the police obtained a search warrant, and when the…