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Gassett v. State

Evidence showed that the defendant arrived at a hotel room with a large amount of crack cocaine, which he intended to exchange for sex.

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A Toombs County jury convicted Calvin Lee Gassett of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. On appeal, Gassett challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction. He also contends the trial court erred in denying his motion for continuance; in denying his chain of custody objection to the drug evidence; in admitting his pretrial statements to police and in admitting the prior statements of a witness. Lastly, he contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. 1. “On appeal, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and we no longer presume the defendant is innocent.” Citation omitted. Beck v. State , 286 Ga. App. 553 1 650 SE2d 728 2007. So viewed, the trial evidence shows that a Vidalia Police officer received information that a relative, Victoria Mead Oliver, was in the midst of a two-day drug binge and that she had not been seen since she left with her children to obtain drugs. The next day, the officer learned that Oliver had taken her children to a daycare center and had then gone to a hotel room to continue her drug use. The officer, accompanied by other officers, went to the hotel room to check on Oliver’s welfare and to inform her that she needed to contact the Department of Family and Children Services.

When the officers arrived at the hotel room, Gassett opened the door and invited the officers inside. The room was in disarray; clothing was scattered everywhere and the bedding appeared to be disturbed. Tony Gillis and Kim Joyner, Oliver’s cousin, were sitting on the couch. Joyner was only partially clad. Gassett told the officers that he was at the hotel room to have sex and that Oliver was in the bathroom. Shortly thereafter, Oliver emerged from the bathroom and left the hotel room with her relative.

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