State v. Canton

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

The State has appealed, pursuant to Sec. 547.200.1 RSMo 1986, from orders by two different trial judges sustaining each defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized by the Fredericktown Police Department. Defendant Canton was charged with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance — marihuana. Defendant Keer was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance — marihuana. We denied the state’s motion to consolidate the cases but we choose to dispose of both cases in a single opinion.

The evidence suppressed was the marihuana and paraphenalia for smoking…