State v. Cowan

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of eight different offenses related to controlled substances and firearm possession. Defendant appeals arguing the trial court erred in (1) allowing “irrelevant and highly prejudicial” testimony, (2) failing to dismiss six of the charges as the State did not prove the element of “possession,” and (3) failing to dismiss the charge of maintaining a dwelling for keeping or selling controlled substances when the State did not prove defendant “ke[pt] or maintained” the property and how he was “using” the property.

I. Background

On 27 September 2006,…