Hudson v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This certiorari review arises from Vincent Hudson’s conviction of possession of a “trace” amount of cocaine found in his clothes. Because the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to show that he knew the cocaine was present and that he consciously and intentionally had possessed it, we reverse and render Hudson’s conviction and the Winston County Circuit Court’s imposition upon him of a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

FACTS

¶ 2. On February 6, 2007, Vincent Car-nell Hudson (“Vincent”) was riding in the…