Robbie L. Corn, convicted by a jury of trafficking in methamphetamine, appeals from the denial of his amended motion for new trial, contending that his trial counsel was ineffective and that the trial court erred in two evidentiary rulings. Viewed with all inferences in favor of the jury’s verdict, Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979, the evidence was that, having recently been released from prison, Robbie L. Corn was staying with his stepfather, C.J. Patterson, in January 2002. C.J. Patterson owned the single wide trailer where he resided with Corn’s mother. The room in which Robbie Corn was staying had a sign in it with his name on it, but it also had a sign with his brother’s name on it. The brother and his wife sometimes stayed in the room as well.
C.J. Patterson was on active probation, a condition of which was that he submit to random searches of his person, home, automobile, and place of business. Corn was on intensive probation as a result of his 2001 plea of guilty to two counts of theft by receiving stolen property and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon as well as a 2002 plea to possession of methamphetamine. A special condition of his probation was thatprobationer shall submit to a search of his . . . business, person, houses, papers, and/or effects as these terms of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section I, Paragraph XIII of the Georgia Constitution are defined by the Court, upon reasonable suspicion, any time of the night or day with or without a search warrant whenever requested to do so by a Probation/Surveillance Officer, or any city, county, or state law enforcement officer and specifically consents to the use of anything seized as evidence in any proceeding against him. . . .1On January 20, 2002, Fannin County Probation Officer Clemmons, who was overseeing Patterson’s probation, received information from two officers, Sheriff’s Investigator Panter and Probation Officer Lasley, that there was probably some illegal drug activity going on at Patterson’s home. Investigator Panter had received this information from an informant who indicated that Patterson had methamphetamine available and that Corn supplied Patterson.2 As a result of this information concerning Patterson, Clemmons, Phillips, Lasley, and Panter went to Patterson’s trailer around 10:15 p.m. that evening to see Patterson. Upon arriving, Phillips went to the door and knocked, and Corn answered the door. None of the officers had expected Corn to be there. Clemmons asked Corn if C.J. Patterson was there and Corn said “no, he’s not here, and I’d rather you not come in.” Based on his previous experience with Patterson, Clemmons was aware that Patterson would hide from him if he had been drinking or illegal activity had been going on. Based on Patterson’s waiver, Clemmons told Corn to step aside and the officers entered the trailer to look for Patterson. In the living room, the officers found a man, later identified as Harold Messer, passed out in a chair. As Clemmons headed down the hall to Patterson’s bedroom, he heard a woman in the bathroom and asked Lasley, a female, to check on her.3
