State v. Smith

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Alexander Smith appeals from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of posséssion of cocaine with intent to deliver. We conclude that the district court’s denial of Smith’s motion to strike the mandatory minimum sentence did not amount to obvious error and that sufficient evidence supports his conviction. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] In October 2013, Bismarck police officers were dispatched to an apartment building for a complaint of an odor of marijuana. After an officer determined the apartment from which the burnt marijuana odor was emanating, the officers…