Martin v. State

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

James Lonnie Martin was found guilty of possessing marijuana, possessing methamphetamine, obstructing a police officer, and public drunkenness. He appeals: challenging the sufficiency of the evidence as to the charges of obstructing a police officer and public drunkenness; arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress and in admitting evidence of a prior conviction; and asserting that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we construe the…