Crawford v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Aaron Tyrone Crawford was convicted of possession of cocaine and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of an officer. He enumerates four errors on appeal.

This case arose in the evening as Crawford walked down a street. As a marked patrol car neared him, the officer saw Crawford look up and then drop something. The officer drove on by and quickly circled the block. On his return, the officer saw that, rather than continuing down the street, Crawford had backtracked and was kneeling at the spot where he had dropped the object. After Crawford saw the patrol car, he…