Gilbert v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Thomas Lee Gilbert appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict of guilty of possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine) with intent to deliver. The jury imposed a sentence of sixty years in the Department of Correction. Gilbert’s only point of error is that his motions for a directed verdict should have been granted. We hold the trial court ruled correctly.

A motion for a directed verdict is a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. Salley v. State, 303 Ark. 278, 796 S.W.2d 335 (1990). Sergeant Monty Vickers testified that he was patrolling near 17th and…