State v. Ransom

The important issue in Gregory Ransom's appeal from his conviction for unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver is whether the trial court erred by giving an instruction on accomplice liability in answer to a question from the jury after deliberations had begun. We reverse.

As to the facts, it will suffice to say that Ransom and another were arrested while Ransom was driving a pickup truck, that cocaine was found secreted in the truck, that both Ransom and his passenger were carrying large amounts of cash, and that a witness testified that earlier he had given the…