State v. Sampson

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Otto Lang Sampson, charged as an habitual criminal, was found guilty by a jury of illegally possessing amphetamine, a stimulant drug, and was sentenced by the court to confinement for a term of four years. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

Appellant asserts on this appeal that the trial court erroneously overruled his motion to suppress evidence which was filed and ruled on prior to trial. At the hearing on the motion Patrolman Kent Kennison, called as a witness by appellant, testified that he and another member of the St. Louis Police Department observed…