Olajide Roddy v. State of Arkansas
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Cite as 2023 Ark. App. 472 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION IV No. CR-23-205
Opinion Delivered October 25, 2023 OLAJIDE RODDY APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE CRAIGHEAD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT V. [NO. 16JCR-21-23]
STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE CHRIS THYER, JUDGE APPELLEE AFFIRMED
RITA W. GRUBER, Judge
Olajide Roddy appeals a Craighead County Circuit Court order revoking his
probation and sentencing him to seventy-two months’ imprisonment.1 On appeal, he claims
that the circuit court erred when it denied his motion for directed verdict because there was
insufficient evidence that he was in constructive or actual possession of the contraband. We
affirm.
On May 4, 2021, Roddy pled guilty to felony second-degree battery and was sentenced
to sixty months’ probation, subject to certain terms and conditions, which Roddy
acknowledged receipt of, as evidenced by his signature.
1 This is a companion case to two other criminal cases: No. 16JCR-18-1406 and No. 16JCR-18-882. Roddy was given a suspended imposition of sentence in both. The circuit court held a combined revocation hearing in the three cases but issued three separate sentencing orders. Roddy filed separate appeals, and today, we hand down opinions in all three appeals. See Roddy v. State, 2023 Ark. App. 471; Roddy v. State, 2023 Ark. App. 466. Because the terms and conditions, petitions to revoke, the revocation-hearing
testimony, issues on appeal, and arguments presented here are identical to those presented
in his companion cases, which we also hand down today, we find it unnecessary to restate
them herein. See Raino v. State, 2021 Ark. App. 337. Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in
companion case No. 16JCR-18-1406, Roddy v. State, 2023 Ark. App. 471, we affirm Roddy’s
revocation.
Affirmed.
HARRISON, C.J., and HIXSON, J., agree.
Terry Goodwin Jones, for appellant.
Tim Griffin, Att’y Gen., by: David L. Eanes, Jr., Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.
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