Dent v. State

WEBSTER, PETER D., Associate Judge,

dissenting.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of the lesser included offense of possession of cocaine, following a trial on the charge of possession of cocaine with intent to sell. Adjudication of guilt was withheld, and she was placed on probation for four years. Appellant’s principal argument on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying her motion for judgment of acquittal which asserted that the prosecution’s evidence was entirely circumstantial and not inconsistent with a reasonable hypothesis of innocence.

The evidence presented at trial, viewed…