  NO. COA02-761   Filed: 5 August 2003   v .    
                    Richmond County
                            Nos. 01 CRS 724 ROBERT EDWARD
WILLIAMS,                01 CRS 2499      Appeal by defendant
from judgment entered 31 January 2002 by Judge W. Erwin
Spainhour in Richmond County Superior Court. Heard in the Court
of Appeals 25 March 2003.      Attorney General Roy Cooper, by
Assistant Attorney General Gwendolyn W. Burrell, for the State.
    Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., for defendant-appellant.
    HUDSON, Judge.      Defendant Robert Edward Williams was
convicted of one count of possession with intent to manufacture,
sell, and deliver cocaine; one count of sale and delivery; and
for being a habitual felon. He appeals his conviction and
sentence on various grounds. For the reasons set forth below, we
find no error.       We begin with a summary of the State's
evidence at trial.     Chief Deputy Phil Sweatt testified that
on 9 February 2001, he and other deputies from the Richmond
County sheriff's dep