Buckholts v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Charlie B. Buckholts appeals his convictions of following too closely and trafficking in cocaine. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the following too closely conviction and that the trial court erred by admitting similar transaction evidence and by rejecting his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Because Buckholts has shown no error, we affirm.

The state showed that on October 7, 2004, Officer Chad Payne of the Houston County Sheriffs Office observed Buckholts driving his pickup truck on Interstate 75. According to Payne, “traffic conditions were…