Amanda Michelle Cummingsv.The State
Amanda Cummings was convicted of manufacturing and trafficking methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine in the presence of a child, and possessing marijuana after investigators found a methamphetamine laboratory and related materials at the residence where she lived. The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld the three methamphetamine convictions but reversed the marijuana conviction. The court held that the evidence supported Cummings’s participation in the methamphetamine offenses, including a controlled purchase from her and the laboratory materials found in the residence. It also rejected challenges to expert testimony, pseudoephedrine-purchase records, and the sentencing condition requiring a Fourth Amendment waiver, noting that the waiver issue was discussed in open court while Cummings had counsel and that she did not object. The marijuana conviction could not stand because the State failed to establish the required connection between Cummings and the marijuana found outside a window. The court therefore affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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