Wingfield v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial, Ernest Wingfield was convicted on two counts of selling cocaine. As a recidivist, he received a life sentence. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the court’s admission of videotapes showing the cocaine sales. He also contends he did not knowingly and voluntarily waive his right to a jury trial, and he charges his trial attorney with ineffective assistance of counsel. Held:

1. In reviewing Wingfield’s three enumerations challenging the sufficiency of evidence, we construe the evidence most strongly in favor of the…