Nichols v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Marvin Nichols, was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and was sentenced as an habitual offender to sixty years on the cocaine count and twenty years on the marijuana count, with the two sentences to run consecutively. He raises numerous issues on appeal.

The facts, though somewhat in dispute, are these. On March 3,1990, several police officers of the City of Pine Bluff executed a search warrant and made a surprise visit to the appellant’s residence. The time was described as…