State v. Murray

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of one count of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, cocaine, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. The court placed him on probation for four years. On appeal, appellant contends the court should have granted his motion for directed verdict because the state failed to show that he possessed a usable amount of cocaine. He also contends that the state committed fundamental reversible error in its final argument and that the court erred in not precluding evidence that he was an attorney. We affirm.

On December 30, 1983,…