State v. Gordon

HOWE, Justice:

Defendant appeals from a conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, a second degree felony. Pursuant to rule 43 of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure, the court of appeals certified the case to this court.

I. FACTS

On appeal from a jury verdict, we view the evidence and all reasonable inferences in a light most favorable to that verdict and recite the facts accordingly. Cornia v. Wilcox, 898 P.2d 1379, 1382 (Utah 1995); State v. Dunn, 850 P.2d 1201, 1205-06 (Utah 1993). On December 17, 1982, defendant James Fred Gordon was staying at the…