Roberts v. State

Following his jury convictions for trafficking in cocaine and possession with intent to distribute (PWID) cocaine within one-half mile proximity of a school, Ronald I. Roberts was sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty-five years imprisonment for the trafficking charge and ten years imprisonment for the proximity charge. In this belated direct appeal, Roberts contends the trial court erred in (1) failing to grant his motion for directed verdict and (2) failing to dismiss a confusing trafficking indictment which led to a confusing jury verdict. We find the directed verdict issue is not…