Boyd v. State

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Marcus Allen Boyd was found guilty at a bench trial of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Boyd, who was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by police for a traffic violation, claims police violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search or seizure when they patted him down for weapons during the stop, summoned a drug-sniffing dog which alerted on his shoes, then searched his shoes and found hidden methamphetamine. Because there was no Fourth Amendment violation, we find the trial court correctly denied Boyd’s motion to…