Legal Opinion
State v. Peterson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1975No. KCD 27230PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.
Defendant was found guilty by a jury of illegal possession of more than thirty-five grams of marijuana (Sections 195.020 and 195.200, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., as amended, Laws of 1971) and his punishment was fixed at two years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. The marijuana which defendant was charged and found guilty of illegally possessing was obtained by a warrantless search.
Defendant duly appealed, and in pressing this court for relief charges five instances of alleged error. His first charge, that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by29 opinions
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