Cooper v. the State

McFADDEN, Judge.

After a bench trial, DeMarco Cooper was convicted of four counts of selling cocaine, five counts of distributing cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing project, three counts of using a communication facility to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony (sale of cocaine), one count of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, and one count of possessing a counterfeit controlled substance. Cooper appealed, and this court vacated the judgments of conviction and remanded the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether Cooper…