Martin v. State

As I view the record, the admissible evidence in the case, at the guilt stage, against the Appellant was overwhelming. She had more than one packet of the methamphetamine in her purse. This contraband amounted, in weight, to approximately fifty grams. The jury could have properly inferred and held, from that fact, that it was not all for her personal use and, secondly, that she had guilty knowledge of the nature of the contraband.

One officer, upon announcing that he was going to search the purses for weapons — for which he had sound reason — testified that, at that point, the Appellant…