State v. Pierce

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for possession of marijuana in violation of § 204.401(3), The Code. He challenges the sufficiency of evidence on the possession issue and a court instruction on the knowledge issue. We affirm the trial court.

I. Sufficiency of the evidence. In ascertaining the sufficiency of evidence to sustain a guilty verdict, we view the record in its light most favorable to the State. Here the record contains evidence the defendant had been riding for at least one hour as a passenger in a van owned and driven by Steven Moore, when the van was…