Chancey v. State

In Chancey v. State, 256 Ga. 415, 421-22 (1) (A) (c) (349 SE2d 717) (1986), it was held that although the concept of "corpus delicti requires that in a drug-possession case there be proof by the state that the defendant possessed (or perhaps attempted to possess) the illegal drug . . . there is no invariable requirements that in every such case, the drug itself be produced." There, the sole evidence establishing the identity of a substance was provided by witnesses who testified that they "had seen appellant Chancey use a white, powdery substance in a manner in which cocaine is used, and there was testimony as to his change in behavior after such use." Id. at 422 (1) (A) (c).