Joyce v. State

The appellant was indicted for the unlawful possession of cocaine. After his motion to suppress the evidence of the cocaine was denied, he was found guilty in a jury trial. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to 12 years' imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and a $100 victims' compensation assessment. His motion for a new trial was denied.

At the suppression hearing, a narcotics investigator testified that he had received a tip from a reliable male informant that a black male was selling crack cocaine on the front porch at 600 Tuskegee Street. He was given the names "Moedy,"…