Dukes v. State

Johnson, Judge.

Peggy Dukes, Angela Jett and Jenny Erwin were indicted for possession of cocaine. Erwin entered a guilty plea to the charge and was the State’s primary witness at the trial of Dukes and Jett. Erwin testified that she, Dukes and Jett smoked cocaine at Dukes’ apartment. They then left the apartment in Erwin’s automobile and purchased more cocaine. The threesome smoked the cocaine in the car, after which they were arrested by police officers who found cocaine and a device for smoking cocaine in the car. According to Erwin, these events took place over a period of less than one…