State v. Williams

HUNTER, Judge.

Victor Wayne Williams (“defendant”) appeals judgment entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of felonious simple possession of a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine) and of being an habitual felon. We find no error in defendant’s trial.

Evidence presented at trial tended to establish that on 3 April 1998, law enforcement officers apprehended defendant at a known drug house after he absconded with a house arrest unit around his ankle. After a brief chase, defendand was apprehended and arrested. A search incident to the arrest uncovered the house arrest unit and a pipe…