Crenshaw v. State

Jason Seth Crenshaw was convicted of possession of marijuana in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-12-214(a), Ala. Code 1975, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a violation of § 13A-12-260(c), Ala.Code 1975. Crenshaw contends on appeal that the trial court committed reversible error when it denied his motion for a judgment of acquittal. According to Cren-shaw, his motion was due to be granted because, he says, the State failed to prove that the substance seized from his residence by Officer Donnie Payne of the Baldwin County drug task force, was, in fact, marijuana. Specifically, he…