Eyden Jonathan Diaz was convicted of one count of the offense of trafficking in methamphetamine. Following the denial of his amended motion for new trial, Diaz appeals. In his sole enumeration of error, he contends that “absent the hearsay information from the unidentified informer-witness-decoy” involved in this case, “the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict and judgment.”1 Because we conclude that the evidence complained of did not constitute hearsay and that the jury was authorized by the circumstantial evidence presented by the State to convict Diaz of the crime charged, we affirm. Construed in favor of the verdict, the testimony of George Chamberlain, who was employed with the Clayton County Drug Enforcement Task Force, showed that on February 26, 2003, he instructed an “informant to place a phone call and to have someone bring or deliver a pound of methamphetamine to the Fuel Mart gas station at Upper Riverdale Road and Tara Boulevard.” He observed the informant make the phone call, and afterward, “based on the phone call and the interview of the CI . . . we went to the Fuel Mart to set up in an undercover capacity to wait for a white SUV to arrive at that location with the one pound of methamphetamine.” Chamberlain, Agent Martin Hancock, and the informant rode together to the designated location and began surveillance.
Within “approximately one hour’s time,” a white SUV arrived. As the SUV pulled into the lot, the informant placed a telephone call. Chamberlain observed a passenger exit the SUV and walk “around to the back of the vehicle.” The passenger was “on the phone.” Chamberlain instructed the “contact team” involved in the surveillance that the SUV had arrived, described to the team the number of people in the vehicle, and provided a detailed description of the vehicle’s location. Chamberlain then drove the informant and Hancock away from the scene, to a fire station located near Southern Regional Hospital. Chamberlain identified Diaz at trial as the passenger who exited the SUV.
