Pugh v. State

Banke, Chief Judge.

The appellant was charged with one count of hindering the punishment of a criminal and three counts of possessing drugs in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. A jury acquitted him of the three drug-possession charges but found him guilty of hindering the punishment of a criminal. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction.

The appellant was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by a friend, Mickey Maynard Croy, when, at about 10:00 a.m. on a December morning, Croy was stopped for speeding. After running a driver’s license…