Wilkerson v. State

Adams, Judge.

Marvin Wilkerson, Sr. was convicted of trafficking cocaine, driving with an expired license tag, and driving with a suspended license.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that Wilkerson was driving his son’s car on February 9, 2001, with two passengers, when a police officer decided to stop him for driving with an expired license tag. (The car was registered to a man named Malcom Harper, but he had recently sold it to Wilkerson’s son.) Co-defendant Smiley was in the front seat. A 14-year-old girl was in the back seat. In response to the blue lights and siren,…