State v. Buckles

Justice Ingrid Gustafson delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***512¶1 Morris Buckles (Buckles) appeals from a jury verdict of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Custer County, finding him guilty of felony use or possession of property subject to criminal forfeiture, felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs, misdemeanor criminal possession of dangerous drugs, and misdemeanor criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶2 We restate the dispositive issue on appeal as follows:

Whether the District Court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of…