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SNEED v. THE STATE.
WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.
68751.
68876.
POPE, Judge.
Drug violations. Muscogee Superior Court. Before Judge Land.
After a joint trial by jury, appellants Sneed and Williams appeal their convictions for possession of marijuana in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act.
Returning to the motel from the last of these trips, Sanks was accompanied by two men, appellants Sneed and Williams. The three entered Room 305 and left five minutes later. Police observed that each was carrying something as he left the room: Sanks was carrying what appeared to be a key ring; Williams carried a plaid suitcase; and Sneed carried a brown garbage bag. All three got into a car and drove away whereupon the car was stopped by police who had received radio instructions from those in Room 307. When officers approached the car driven by Sanks, Sneed was in the back seat with the partially unzipped plaid suitcase which contained eight garbage bags of marijuana weighing 3.69 pounds. On the passenger side of the floorboard, police found the open brown plastic bag containing four plastic bags of marijuana weighing 4.08 pounds. Appellants were arrested along with Sanks, and a subsequent search of Room 305 revealed additional marijuana, scales, and newspaper spread out on the motel room floor.
Although appellants deny any knowledge of the presence of marijuana and deny removing anything from the motel room, the evidence was sufficient to enable any rational trier of fact to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that appellants were in possession of the subject marijuana. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979); Carpenter v. State, 161 Ga. App. 264 (2) (287 SE2d 710) (1982).
2. Appellants next contend that improper remarks made by the prosecutor during closing argument resulted in prejudice to them. Initially, we note that the transcript of the trial does not include the State's entire closing argument. Instead, only the defense counsel's objections to certain portions and the response of the trial judge and prosecutor are provided, for our review.
William J. Smith, District Attorney, J. Gray Conger, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
H. Haywood Turner III, for appellants.
DECIDED SEPTEMBER 7, 1984.
Tuesday December 2 05:00 CST


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