Legal Opinion

McCastle v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided February 22, 2012No. CA CR 09-933PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, Judge.

I,This case is once more before us after we twice remanded it to correct problems in the judgment and commitment order. Cornelius Joseph McCastle was found guilty in an Arkansas County jury trial of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. He received a sentence of seventeen years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s decision to admit the drug-analysis report into evidence. We affirm.

The pertinent evidence regarding McCastle’s constructive possession of the narcotics is as…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
  2. Dodson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  3. Kilpatrick v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  4. Crisco v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  5. Jester v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Block v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2015
  2. Terry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2018
  3. Chris Michael Baker v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2019
  4. Sampson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2018
  5. Ray Porchay v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021

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