Yent v. State

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

Appellant was charged as principal and convicted by jury verdict on the charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, and on this appeal his sole argument for reversal is that the state failed to produce any evidence that he ever actually or constructively possessed a controlled substance.

It was not essential that the state prove possession by appellant, inasmuch as possession by appellant’s accomplices was shown.

Appellant and his wife, Glenda Yent, agreed to sell twenty-five pounds of marijuana to Leon…