Brooks v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Lester Brooks was a passenger in an automobile stopped by Little Rock police after a tip that the occupants of the car were “doing dope.” A search of the car produced rock cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and a pistol. As a result appellant was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm, possession of drug paraphernalia, and being a habitual criminal. Appellant was convicted in a bench trial only of possession of drug paraphernalia, and he was sentenced as a habitual offender to ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction with four…