GA 16-13-21 - GA 16-13-21

General Consideration Definition of "manufacture" applies to the cultivation or planting of marijuana. Hunt v. State, 222 Ga. App. 66 , 473 S.E.2d 157 (1996). When a defendant possesses most of the objects and substances needed to "prepare" or "process" methamphetamine by the red phosphorous technique, a rational trier of fact, applying the broad definition of "manufacture" under O.C.G.A. § 16-13-21(15) , may find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was "preparing" or "processing" that drug. Murrell v. State, 273 Ga. App. 735 , 615 S.E.2d 780 (2005). "Distribute." - Because defendant delivered cocaine to an informant and used a pager to aid in the cocaine's distribution, the evidence was sufficient to find defendant guilty of distributing cocaine and using a communication facility...