Martin v. State

After her motion to suppress certain evidence was denied, the appellant, Shelia Kaye Martin, entered a plea of guilty to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. She reserved the right to appeal the trial court's denial of the motion to suppress evidence of the cocaine pipe and the cocaine residue found on that pipe, which served as the basis for the conviction.

At the suppression hearing, Officer Butch Jones, a narcotics investigator in the Dale County Sheriff's office, testified to the following facts: Around midday on February 7, 1995, he assisted the…