Priest v. State

STEELE, Chief Justice, for the Majority.

Torshiro K. Priest appeals his convictions, by a Superior Court jury, of Maintaining a Vehicle for Keeping Controlled Substances and multiple counts of the compound offense of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, claiming that the trial judge erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. In this Opinion we hold that to sustain a finding of guilt on a Maintaining a Vehicle charge, the State must offer evidence of some affirmative activity by the defendant to utilize the vehicle to facilitate the possession, delivery, or use…