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Rhythm and blues musician Ike Turner surrendered to a Pasadena court Monday on a week-old warrant that sought his arrest because he failed to appear in court to face cocaine charges. Turner, 55, was charged with possession of cocaine, conspiracy to sell cocaine and maintaining a residence for the purpose of selling cocaine. Turner was arrested in June, 1985, after he allegedly tried to sell $16,000 worth of cocaine to an undercover officer in Hollywood. But Turner’s legal problems don’t end there. A trial is scheduled for March 14 in Santa Monica Superior Court on separate felony drug-trafficking charges that include alleged transport of cocaine and possession of rock cocaine for sale. Those charges resulted from a police search after an August, 1987, incident in which Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies stopped Turner for allegedly driving erratically. In October, 1986, Turner admitted he had used cocaine every day for at least 15 years and said he was undergoing rehabilitation.