Evans v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Ronald Evans guilty of possessing cocaine with the intent to deliver and maintaining a common nuisance. The Court of Appeals reversed both convie-tions. We grant transfer to affirm the conviction for dealing cocaine.

Facts

The evidence most favorable to the judgment show that on July 10, 1992, Robert Decker called Evans to purchase some cocaine. Evans, who lived in Shelbyville, explained that he would have to go to Indianapolis to buy the cocaine. Decker offered to accompany him, and the two drove to Indianapolis in Evans'…