Riley v. State

Cooper, Judge.

A jury trial of appellant and co-defendants Melissa Riley and Vita Green resulted in the conviction of appellant for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and the conviction of Vita Green for possession of cocaine; Melissa Riley was acquitted. Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion for new trial.

The record reveals that while visiting her father and step-mother at the county jail, appellant gave the jailer a box of toothpaste which contained eleven tinfoil packets of cocaine and asked that it be delivered to her father’s cellmate, Anthony Laday.…