Martinez-Vargas v. State

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

Following the denial of his motion to suppress, Geovany Martinez-Vargas was convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in a stipulated bench trial. On appeal from his conviction, he contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the affidavit supporting the search warrant application was legally insufficient to support a finding of probable cause. Martinez-Vargas further contends that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel and that we should remand the case for a hearing on the issue of his trial counsel’s…