Hazelwood v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant Lonnie Hazelwood was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, and sentenced to forty years and twenty years respectively — the sentences to run concurrendy. His sole point for reversal is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence seized during a pat-down search after he was arrested. The trial court was correct in its ruling, so we affirm.

On August 8, 1995, Officer Frank Hannah saw a red pickup truck that bore the license plate YLM134, and when he checked, the…