State v. Vance

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

This is an appeal from the judgments entered by the trial court finding defendant-appellant John Ray Vance and his brother, defendant-appellant Michael A. Vance, guilty of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree. John Vance was convicted for possessing cocaine and Michael Vance was convicted for possessing secobarbital. In each case, the dangerous drug was discovered in the course of a preincarceration search conducted by the police. The appellants’ cases were consolidated for trial and are brought together on appeal.

The appellants allege that…