State v. Nimmo

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals his convictions and sentences on one count of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and one count of possession of phenobarbital with intent to deliver in violation of § 204.401(1), The Code. The determinative question is the sufficiency of defendant’s objections to opinion testimony on the subject of his intent to deliver the drugs. We reverse and remand.

During defendant’s trial, Des Moines police officer Larry Leitzke was permitted over defendant’s objections to answer questions regarding the intent with which defendant possessed quantities of…