Opinion ID: 1946015
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Heading: the evidence was insufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty of intent to deliver on counts vii and viii of the indictment.

Text: It is the appellants' contention that the prazepam, hash and hash oil that was seized was of such a small quantity that it did not justify a verdict of guilty of possession with intent to sell the substances. The appellants rely on Bryant v. State, 427 So.2d 131 (Miss. 1983), wrerein a law enforcement officer approached a man outside a bar, arrested him for public drunkenness, and patted him down, finding 55 quaaludes and 85 valiums in his pocket. We reversed this conviction of possession with intent to deliver and remanded for resentencing for possession alone. The instant case is factually distinguishable from Bryant in many respects. In addition to the prazepam, hash and hashoil that were found, there were numerous other drugs found along with an address book, a cash receipt book (with reference to large money transactions), $2,089 which was found in Mrs. Breckenridge's purse, along with an envelope that contained $4,600. Mr. Breckenridge's wallet contained $2,885 and also seized was a gun case which contained a gun and $160. When we consider this evidence in the light most favorable to the state and all reasonable inferences that may be drawn from that evidence, we will not disturb a jury's verdict that these defendants did, in fact, intend to sell contraband.