Hinton v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Kevin Hinton guilty of possessing cocaine, possessing marijuana, obstructing an officer, and driving with a suspended license. Hinton appeals, claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel with respect to the cocaine charge. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed favorably to the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that while on patrol on November 4, 2002, Officer Henry Hudson of the DeKalb County Police Department performed a random computer check on the license tag of a vehicle driven by Hinton. When the computer check indicated that the…