State v. Thorpe

WHICHARD, Justice.

The jury returned verdicts finding defendant guilty of two counts of knowingly maintaining a building used for keeping or *452selling the controlled substance dilaudid, a misdemeanor; two charges of possession with intent to sell or deliver the controlled substance dilaudid, a felony; and two charges of the felonious sale of that controlled substance. The trial court sentenced defendant to a total of sixteen years imprisonment.

The Court of Appeals affirmed the misdemeanor convictions, but a majority held that the trial court had erred in denying defendant’s motion for nonsuit on…