State v. Matson

Miller, J.;

Defendant Gilbert Matson has appealed from his convictions on three drug-related charges.

The evidence is not disputed that Matson was employed by “Gene’s Machines,” a California car dealership. It was Matson’s job to buy used cars in Hutchinson, Kansas, send them to David White, Gene’s mechanic in Hutchinson, for repair, and then take the cars to California to be sold for profit.

The Reno County police department had information that Mat-son was bringing methamphetamine from California for use in an illicit drug operation with David White and others in Hutchinson. On May 10, 1988,…