Hopkins v. State

Johnson, Judge.

A jury found Kareem Abdul Hopkins guilty of selling cocaine. Hopkins appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to authorize his conviction because he was elsewhere at the time of the transaction and the agent who identified him as the seller must have mistaken him for someone who looked like and often visited Hopkins in his motel room.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, it shows that a confidential informant told an agent with the federal Naval Investigative Service that Hopkins was selling drugs out of his motel room in Kingsland,…