Reddick v. State

Miller, Judge.

Indicted as a recidivist, Richard Lee Reddick was tried before a jury and found guilty of possession of cocaine, possession and use of drug-related objects, and simple battery. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence regarding the cocaine possession charge and contends the trial court erroneously failed to merge the two drug violations. We conclude the second enumeration has merit and so affirm in part and vacate in part.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence showed that on the night in question, Reddick and Deborah Plemons…