Rodriguez v. State

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING & APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

ONION, Justice, Assigned.

Our opinion on original submission is withdrawn and the following is submitted in lieu thereof.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of a controlled substance, namely cocaine, in the amount of less than twenty-eight (28) grams. After the trial court overruled appellant’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence, the appellant waived trial by jury and entered a plea of nolo con-tendere in a bench trial. The trial court admonished the appellant of the consequences of his plea, and…