Flint v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

Freddy Carl Flint appeals from his conviction of conspiracy to traffic in cannabis. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal and in permitting the testimony of James Decker, an investigator with the state attorney’s office. We hold that the evidence is sufficient to submit the case to the jury for determination, but that the admission of Decker’s testimony into evidence constitutes harmful error and, thus, requires a new trial.

Taking the evidence in the light most favorable to the state, Flint was a peripheral small part player in…