Parker v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Paul Steven Parker was convicted of trafficking in cocaine. He enumerates two errors on appeal.

This case arose after two officers stopped Parker for failing to maintain a single lane of traffic. As the officers peered into Parker’s car through both front windows, they noticed on the passenger’s seat an open brown paper bag containing a plastic zip-lock bag holding rocks of cocaine, individually wrapped in clear plastic. One of the officers asked Parker to get out of the car and inquired whether there were any intoxicating substances in the vehicle. Parker responded in…