Santamaria v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was arrested on traffic charges, along with two passengers, and was also charged with BUI. Arresting officers found under the driver’s seat of the car a quantity of pills which were identified as counterfeit quaaludes, and under the passenger seat eight one-ounce bags of a substance identified as marijuana. All three were indicted jointly on a charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and one co-indictee pled guilty to a charge of simple possession. At trial the other co-indictee received a directed verdict of not guilty, and appellant was found…