Jenkins v. State

Jenkins was the unfortunate passenger sitting on a golf cart being unlawfully driven the wrong way on a street. When the vehicle was stopped by Deputy Taylor, the officer noticed a cut-down Garcia cigar tube sitting on Jenkins’ lap. From its original size, the tube appeared to have been reduced to three to five inches and was capped at the end. Deputy Taylor testified as to his extensive training and experience in narcotics investigation. He testified that he had seen such cut-down cigar tubes on many earlier drug arrests and on each occasion such tubes contained crack cocaine. On no occasion…