State v. Hollins

OPINION

PORITSKY, Judge. *

Appellant challenges his conviction of aiding and abetting a third-degree controlled-substance crime, asserting that the district court erred by (1) giving the jury an improper-inference instruction, and (2) allowing a police officer to testify about appellant “rolling a blunt” at the time of the sale. We affirm.

FACTS

On December 7, 2004, Scott Hoeft, a paid police informant working with Rochester police, entered a Rochester apartment and asked appellant Joseph Hollins for “a fifty,” that is, $50 worth of crack cocaine. According to Hoeft, Hollins made a telephone call…