Hodges v. State

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Dexter Dewayne Hodges was found guilty by a jury of trafficking in cocaine in violation of OCGA § 16-13-31. On appeal, he claims the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. For the following reasons, we agree and reverse.

The State jointly indicted Hodges and Erica Shyane Louder alleging that they knowingly possessed more than 400 grams of a mixture containing at least ten percent cocaine. At their joint trial, the State alleged that Hodges and Louder had joint constructive possession of cocaine found by police hidden in a package on the floor behind the…