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FACTS "<#      #XXd #XdXOnJuly11,1998,ataround10:50p.m.thedefendantwaspulledoverafterfailingtostop $ % atastopsign.Whentheofficerapproachedthedefendantscar,theofficersmelledalcoholonthe % & defendantsbreath.Aftergivingthedefendantasobrietytest,thedefendantwasarrestedfordriving &!' undertheinfluence.Asearchofthedefendantwasconducted,atwhichtime$1,177incashand$65 j'"( infoodstampswerefoundonthedefendant.Whentheofficerbegantoputthedefendantintheback P(#) ofthepatrolcar,theofficersawabrownprescriptioncontainerfalloutofthedefendantspantleg 6)$* andontotheground.Anotherofficeralsoheardtheprescriptioncontainerfalltothegroundand *l%+ pickeditup.Uponlookingintheprescriptioncontainer,theofficerssawasubstancethatwaslater +R&, testedandfoundtobe2.4gramsofcrackcocaine. +8'-   Thedefendanttestifiedattrialthatheearnedthemoneyfromwork.Hefurthertestifiedthat -)/B _thecrackcocainedidnotfallfromhispantlegandwasnothis.Thedefendant,however,was  convictedbyaHardinCountyjuryofpossessionofcocainewithintenttosell.#XXd+ #XdX    Thiscasenowcomestothiscourtondirectappeal.Thedefendantcontendsthattheevidence b presentedattrialwasinsufficientforarationaltrieroffacttofindthedefendantguiltybeyonda H reasonabledoubtofpossessionofcocainewithintenttosell.Werejectthedefendantscontention.#XXd#XdXԀ . ~ Ѐ  d     J #XXd#XdX  ANALYSIS  0     (83"3"  32  A  .3  0    StandardofReview3<݌  (#(# Ќ    Indeterminingthesufficiencyoftheevidence,thisCourtdoesnotreweighorreevaluatethe x  evidence.Statev.Cabbage,571S.W.2d832,835(Tenn.1978).Ajuryverdictapprovedbythetrial ^  judgeaccreditsthestate'switnessesandresolvesallconflictsinfavorofthestate.Statev.Bigbee, D  885S.W.2d797,803(Tenn.1994).Onappeal,thestateisentitledtothestrongestlegitimateview *z  oftheevidenceandalllegitimateorreasonableinferenceswhichmaybedrawntherefrom.Id.This ` Courtwillnotdisturbaverdictofguiltduetothesufficiencyoftheevidenceunlessthedefendant F demonstratesthatthefactscontainedintherecordandtheinferenceswhichmaybedrawntherefrom , areinsufficient,asamatteroflaw,forarationaltrieroffacttofindtheaccusedguiltybeyonda  reasonabledoubt.Statev.Brewer,932S.W.2d1,19(Tenn.Crim.App.1996).Accordingly,itis  theappellatecourt'sdutytoaffirmtheconvictioniftheevidence,viewedunderthesestandards,was  sufficientforanyrationaltrieroffacttohavefoundtheessentialelementsoftheoffensebeyonda t reasonabledoubt.Tenn.R.App.P.13(e);Jacksonv.Virginia,443U.S.307,319,99S.Ct.2781, Z 2789,61L.Ed.2d560(1979);Statev.Cazes,875S.W.2d253,259(Tenn.1994). @ "3"  3*2  B  .3  0     SufficiencyoftheEvidence3*]݌ \(#(# Ќ     Duringtrialthedefendanttestifiedthatthecrackcocainefoundatthesiteofhisarrestwas ( nothis.However,anofficertestifiedthathesawthebrownprescriptioncontainercontainingcrack  cocainefallfromthepantlegofthedefendantandhittheground.Asecondofficer,whowasalso  presentwhentheprescriptioncontainerfelloutofthepantlegofthedefendant,testifiedthathe   heardthecontainerfall,pickeditupanddiscoveredcrackcocaineinthecontainer.Thesameofficer p!  alsotestifiedthatheconfiscated$1,177incashand$65infoodstampsfromthedefendant.The V"! moneyconfiscatedfromthedefendantwasprimarilyindenominationsoften,twentyandfiftydollar <#" bills,andacoupleofonehundreddollarbills.Testimonywaspresentedthatcrackcocaineissold "$r# inten,twenty,fiftyandonehundreddollarrocks,andthatdrugdealerswillsometimesacceptfood %X $ stampsaspaymentfordrugs.Finally,testimonywaspresentedthatnooneelsewaswiththe %>!% defendantwhenhewasstopped,andnooneelsewasintheimmediateareawheretheofficers &$"& arrestedthedefendant. ' #'   Thejuryrejectedthedefendantstestimony,aswastheirprerogative.Afterareviewofthe (#( record,wefindthatsufficientevidencewaspresentedforthejurytofindthedefendantguiltyof )$) possessionofcocainewithintenttosell.Theconvictionwasproper. l*%*  8,',   CONCLUSION       Baseduponourreviewofthetrialrecord,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed#XdXXXdB #Xܞ XXXd. |   #XdX XXܞ$#