Puckett v. State

The principal question presented in this appeal is whether or not the trial judge was clearly erroneous in finding the appellants, Jerry Paul Puckett and Lois Ann Puckett, his wife, guilty of possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana in sufficient quantity to indicate an intent to distribute. Judge Perry G. Bowen, Jr., presiding in the Circuit Court for Calvert County, without a jury, imposed one year concurrent sentences on Mr. Puckett and a fine of $500 for each conviction. The sentences to confinement were suspended, and the fine on the second conviction was also suspended. The…