STATE v. CASHEN

No. 01-1655.

666 N.W.2d 566 (2003)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ross Ian Rivers CASHEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Robert P. Ranschau, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Cristen C. O'Dell, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Ferguson, County Attorney, and Randall Jackson, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


STREIT, Justice.

Marijuana was found near a man who claimed it wasn't his and his girlfriend said it belonged to her. The police charged Ross Cashen with possession of the marijuana. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Cashen sought further review arguing there was insufficient evidence to prove he committed a crime and his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move for a new trial. Because we find insufficient evidence to prove Cashen possessed...

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