Strong v. State

Jim Gunter, Justice.

Appellant, Aaron Strong, was convicted in the Drew County Circuit Court of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. The jury sentenced appellant to forty-one years in the Arkansas Department of Correction pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated § 5-64-401(a)(l)(i) (Supp. 2003). We hold that the trial court did not err in denying appellant’s motion for directed verdict, and we affirm.

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