Stafford v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant and two other individuals, Jack Guyton and Bennie Andrews, were jointly indicted on the charge of conspiring to traffic in cocaine. The indictment alleged that the conspiracy had also involved two unindicted co-conspirators, Wendell Waters and Ira Warnock. Of the three indictees, only the appellant was convicted. Both Guyton, who was tried jointly with the appellant, and Andrews, who was tried separately, were found not guilty.

This is the second appearance of the case before this court. In the earlier appeal, we remanded the case to the trial court for…