Legal Opinion

State v. Jackson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 29, 2005No. ED 84350PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.

Violet Jackson appeals the judgment entered on her convictions for possession of cocaine base and marijuana. She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support these convictions and the discrepancy between the oral and written sentences. We affirm the convictions, but remand for correction of the sentences.

I. BACKGROUND

After a jury trial, Jackson was convicted for possessing drugs found loosely wrapped in a newspaper on the center console of her car; Jackson was alone in the parked car at the time. At the sentencing hearing, the court pronounced Jackson’s…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. CarrascoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
  2. State v. FizerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. State v. HaughtonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. CollinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. Aminadab Johnson v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. Hall v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
  4. State v. BlackmonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013

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