Cheeks v. State

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Michael A. Cheeks and a co-defendant were convicted in a joint trial of trafficking in cocaine, and Cheeks appeals.

The evidence at trial showed that, acting upon information from an informant, the Albany-Dougherty County Drug Squad obtained and executed a search warrant for a convenience store where appellant was working. Both Officer Janice Gardner and Captain Chuck Faulk, who participated in the raid, testified that the store was locked and that it was being opened from inside for people seeking entrance. The officers pulled up to the store’s gas pumps in an unmarked…