State v. Booker

Fain, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Gene Booker appeals from his conviction and sentence for aggravated trafficking (possession of more than three times the bulk amount) in heroin. Booker contends that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel as a result of a conflict of interest in his trial counsel’s joint representation of both Booker and his common-law wife, Jimmie Booker. Booker also contends that the trial court erred by denying, without a hearing, his motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to a search warrant. Booker’s motion to suppress was based upon an allegation…