Opinion ID: 2219601
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Text: Pursuant to verdict, defendant-appellant, James F. Cody, was adjudged guilty of possessing with the intent to deliver a controlled substance, marijuana, in violation of Neb. Rev.Stat. §§ 28-405(c)(10) [Schedule I] and 28-416(1)(a) (Cum.Supp.1992). He thereupon appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, asserting the district court erred in failing to find that he had standing to challenge the search at which certain evidence was seized. Cody also asserted that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. Determining as a matter of plain error that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, the Court of Appeals, without reaching Cody's claims, reversed the judgment of the district court and remanded the cause with the direction that it be dismissed. State v. Cody, 95 NCA No. 16, case No. A-94-109, 1995 WL 228733 (not designated for permanent publication). The plaintiff-appellee State, challenging the Court of Appeals' conclusion that the evidence was insufficient, successfully petitioned for further review by this court. We now reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the cause with the direction that it affirm the judgment of the district court.