State v. Cusick

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of possession of cocaine and was sentenced by the trial court to 1 year and 1 day in prison, with execution stayed for 5 years on condition that he spend 6 months in the work house and otherwise comply *180with the conditions of probation. The Court of Appeals, in a 2 to 1 decision, reversed defendant’s conviction, holding that the state’s evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant knowingly possessed the cocaine. State v. Cusick, 872 N.W.2d 424 (Minn.App.1985). Holding that the state’s evidence was sufficient,…