State v. Chadwick

OPINION

JAMES C. BEASLEY, Special Judge.

A Hamilton County Criminal Court jury found the defendant, Bobby L. Chadwick, guilty of felonious possession in excess of thirty grams of a substance containing cocaine. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to serve twenty-five years in the Department of Corrections as a Range I standard offender.

Six issues are presented for review: (1) Defendant’s trial counsel did not render competent services nor effective representation at the trial; (2) error in allowing a witness to testify who had violated the rule of sequestration; (3) failure to grant a…