Roberts v. State

Jermaine Roberts challenges his judgment of conviction and sentence for sale or delivery of cocaine. We affirm the convictions, but find that certain costs were erroneously imposed and therefore reverse in part.

With regard to his conviction, appellant argues that the trial court erred in granting the prosecution’s request, made during trial, to give a “principals” instruction to the jury. There was sufficient evidence adduced in the state’s case-in-chief to support such an instruction; accordingly, the trial court did not err in granting the request for such an instruction, despite the fact…