STATE
OF NEW JERSEY VS. RONALD L. JONES, JR. A-5186-10T2
We
reverse defendant's drug distribution conviction, concluding that:1) the
testimony provided by the State's drug distribution expert, on whether
defendant possessed the cocaine
for
personal use or instead for distribution, ran afoul of the proscriptions in
State v.McLean, 205 N.J. 438 (2011), and State v. Odom, 116 N.J. 65 (1989); and
2) the admission of evidence that defendant possessed Oxycodone denied him a
fair trial, as he was not charged with that offense, and the State should not have
been permitted to use such N.J.R.E. 404(b) evidence to bolster its contention
that defendant possessed the cocaine with the intention of selling it. 04-17-12
