Sheffield v. State

We affirm Sheffield’s conviction on charges of delivering and possessing cocaine.

It was not an abuse of discretion to deny Sheffield’s motion for mistrial where the state’s witness, on cross-examination, characterized the location where Sheffield was arrested as a high drug area. The delivery consisted of a sale to an undercover detective, in a Wendy’s parking lot, using marked money.

On cross-examination of the arresting detective, defense counsel inquired about the specifics of the transaction where a co-perpetrator pretended to be talking on a pay telephone while she and the detective…