State v. Shelli

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant Robert Shelli appeals jury trial conviction and five year sentence for possession of more than thirty-five grams of marijuana. § 195.020, 195.200, RSMo 1978. We affirm.

In his first point, defendant claims that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress the four sacks of vegetable substance seized at the time of his arrest for the reasons that (a) the law enforcement officers did not have “reasonable suspicion” to stop his automobile, and (b) the officers’ actions upon stopping him went “beyond the scope of action permissible during an investigative…