Gavin v. Vasquez

Clarke, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting writ of habeas corpus. The habeas court granted the writ to “avoid a miscarriage of justice.” We reverse.

Nancy Vasquez, her boyfriend, her son and her mother were all in a car going through Georgia to Florida. When police stopped the car, an officer saw the boyfriend hide something under the passenger seat. That something turned out to be a purse filled with cocaine. At trial, Vasquez contended that the cocaine belonged to her boyfriend. She contended that she did not know that the cocaine was in the car. Vasquez and her boyfriend…