State v. Williams

VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judge.

A Jackson County, Missouri, jury convicted Patrick Williams of one count of possession of a controlled substance. § 195.202 RSMo 2000. On direct appeal from that conviction, Williams alleges that the trial court erred: (1) in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the evidence and in thereafter submitting the case to the jury because the evidence was insufficient to show that he actually or constructively possessed the crack cocaine, and (2) in overruling his motion to suppress the crack cocaine evidence.

The State filed a motion to dismiss the…