PEOPLE OF MI V SHAWN CARTER

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED November 6, 1998 Plaintiff-Appellee, v No. 202462 Recorder’s Court LC No. 96-006485 SHAWN CARTER, a/k/a LASEAN DONELL COLE, Defendant-Appellant. Before: Markman, P.J., and Bandstra and J.F. Kowalski*, JJ. MEMORANDUM. A Recorder’s Court jury convicted defendant, as charged, of possession with intent to deliver less than fifty grams of cocaine, MCL 333.7401(1) and (2)(a)(iv); MSA 14.15(7401)(1) and (2)(a)(iv). Defendant was sentenced to five to twenty years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm. Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecutor, a rational trier of fact could find beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant intended to deliver the cocaine in light of his possession of forty-six individually packaged rocks of cocaine and his presence in a residence where a police officer had recently witnessed suspected narcotic sales. People v Wolfe, 440 Mich 508, 515-517, 524; 489 NW2d 748 (1992), amended 441 Mich 1201 (1992). We affirm. /s/ Stephen J. Markman /s/ Richard A. Bandstra /s/ John F. Kowalski * Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment. -1

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