Blackston v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of conspiracy to traffick in more than 2,000 but less than 10,000 pounds of marijuana. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was denied and he appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the jury verdict.

1. Appellant and eleven others were jointly indicted. He was, however, tried separately. During the course of appellant’s trial, the State made an announcement that, on the evening before, one of appellant’s co-indictees had agreed to enter a guilty plea and to testify against appellant in exchange for “some mercy.”