The first case involves a client who was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation. In the course of that stop, officers located 72 grams of cocaine in the vehicle and $3,800 in cash in the clients purse.
Now, to be fair, the driver of the vehicle said that the cocaine belonged to him, which is helpful. The client told the police that the driver asked her to hold $4,000 in cash which was located in her purse, which is not helpful. The State then made a decision to run DNA tests on the baggy in which the drugs were located and the scale located in the vehicle. The portions of the scale had a positive DNA match for only one person in the vehicle, our client.
So, now we had a client as a passenger in a vehicle with 72 grams of cocaine, holding $4000.00 for the driver and her DNA on the scale used to weigh the drugs. Seems like a good party to the crime case for the state.
The State moved to dismiss the case against the client. No cooperation, no amendment. Just a straight dismissal.