Dupree v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

In a bench trial, Ricky Dupree was convicted of cocaine trafficking. On appeal, Dupree contests the denial of his motion to suppress and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence leading to his arrest.

The underlying case arose from a drug investigation targeting Jerry Allen. A confidential informant, whose services had been employed successfully on prior occasions, specifically detailed how Allen would order, obtain, and distribute cocaine. According to the informant, Allen would place phone calls from inside the Nowhere Bar, then order quantities of cocaine from a…