Lewis v. State

Pope, Judge.

Jerry Lewis was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and DUI. From the evidence presented below the jury was authorized to find the following: In the early morning hours of February 12, 1986, police stopped the car driven by the defendant because it had an improper truck tag affixed rather than a car license plate. When the officer asked the defendant for his license, he noticed a brown paper bag on the floorboard between defendant’s feet. The officer asked the defend ant to step out of the car. As the defendant complied with the officer’s request, the officer noticed that…