Hailes v. State

PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Wayne County wherein Jefferson Hailes was convicted of unlawful possession of marijuana for which he received a sentence of two years in the state penitentiary.

In seeking to reverse the trial court’s decision, on appeal he contends that his motion to suppress the evidence resulting from the search of his automobile should have been sustained since there was not probable cause for the search and the sentence imposed was in excess of that authorized by law.

The record reveals the following facts relating to probable cause for the…