Ruben Oyola v. Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General for the State of Georgia, Tommy Wallace, Jr.

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this case the federal district court denied a petition for habeas corpus filed by a Georgia state prisoner alleging ineffective assistance of counsel.

Petitioner Oyóla was a passenger in a vehicle stopped on Interstate 75 in Georgia for a malfunctioning tail light. A consent search was conducted, and, with the aid of tools, cocaine was found concealed in the left rear quarter panel of the vehicle. Oyó-la and his companion were convicted of trafficking in cocaine in violation of the Georgia statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-13-31(a)(l), which then read:

Any person who…