Jeffrey Blaylock was convicted of selling cocaine. He appeals, contending that the trial court erroneously allowed the State to present evidence that a crack cocaine pipe was found on his person at the time of his arrest. Because such evidence was admissible, we affirm. Todd Henderson, a narcotics officer with the Cobb County Police Department, testified that he was working undercover with a confidential informant on March 6, 1997, when Blaylock approached his car on a bicycle and asked him what he needed. Henderson said that he needed "a twenty," and handed Blaylock a $20 bill. Blaylock then gave Henderson a piece of crack cocaine. After Henderson and the informant left the scene, Henderson contacted other officers, who arrested Blaylock. When he was arrested, Blaylock was carrying a metal tube wrapped with duct tape, which Henderson and another officer testified was commonly used to smoke crack cocaine. Blaylock denied that he was the person who sold the cocaine to Henderson. He claimed that a man came up to him outside a liquor store and said that he had just sold something to an undercover officer. This man asked Blaylock to hold his bike and then went into the store. When he was questioned at trial about the crack pipe, Blaylock stated that "I didn't realize it was in my pocket. I just put them pants on and it was in my pocket. I borrowed some pants that morning from a guy." He then admitted that it was his pipe, that he used it to smoke crack, and that it had been found in his jacket pocket. This Court, in applying the rule, has held that [a]rticles found in the control of the defendant at the time or near the time of arrest are admissible as circumstances connected with the arrest of the defendant. Surrounding circumstances constituting part of the res gestae may always be shown to the jury along with the principal fact, and their admissibility is within the discretion of the trial court. All circumstances surrounding an arrest are admissible for whatever value the jury desires to place on them. 6Apart from the mere fact that it was discovered in connection with Blaylock's arrest, evidence of the pipe was relevant to the issues involved in the trial. In Kirk v. State, we held that evidence that a crack pipe was found in the defendant's car was admissible to show the defendant's motive for committing an armed robbery -- "i.e., a need for money to buy crack." 7 In Jones v. State, 8 where the defendant was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, we held that urinalysis results showing the presence of cocaine in the defendant's system were "admissible as part of the res gestae and as circumstantial evidence that he was involved in drug activity." In so holding, we noted that [t]he state is entitled to present evidence of the entire res gestae of the crime. Even though a defendant is not charged with every crime committed during a criminal transaction, every aspect of it relevant to the crime charged may be presented at trial. This is true even if the defendant's character is incidentally placed in issue. 9 Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Debra H. Bernes, Irvan A. Pearlberg, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee. | 
