Brown v. State

Evidence that defendant had a large amount of cash in specific denominations and ran from police supported his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

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Bobby Leroy Brown was convicted of the offense of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. His sole enumeration of error contends the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict. We find otherwise and affirm.

The State’s evidence showed that three members of the Athens-Clarke County Drug Task Force working undercover in the early afternoon, stopped at an intersection in an area of reportedly intense drug activity. After watching Brown openly engage in an apparent drug transaction, the agent driving the undercover vehicle approached Brown and said he needed a “twenty,” meaning twenty dollars worth of crack cocaine. Brown walked over to the vehicle and inquired about the other men inside the van. Apparently satisfied with the agent’s explanation of “just a couple drunks,” Brown then displayed a large wad of cash. Brown informed him that he “didn’t sell twenties, that he only sold one hundreds.” After the agent borrowed some money from the two other officers, Brown asked him to drive around the block and come back. After doing so, the agent was approached by Ricky Peek who instructed him to drive around the block yet again. When the agents returned, Brown and Peek were standing together and Brown motioned them to drive into a parking lot behind an apartment complex. While pulling into the lot, the agent saw Brown hand two items to Peek. When Peek offered to sell him two small pieces of crack cocaine, the agent rejected the deal, telling Peek that he would not pay $100 for two $10 pieces of crack. At that point, Brown walked up to the agent and said, “Look, you take it or leave it.” Brown fled as soon as the drug agents identified themselves, but Peek was arrested on the spot. Police chased Brown without success, but acting on a tip found Brown hiding inside a nearby house, pretending to be asleep. In court, the three investigators identified Brown as the person brokering the cocaine deal.

Brown v. State

Evidence that defendant had a large amount of cash in specific denominations and ran from police supported his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

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