State v. Ream

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Judge.

Appellant (“Defendant”) appeals his jury conviction of second-degree drug trafficking, RSMo. § 195.223. We affirm.

On October 25, 2004, Corporal Jason Johnson of the Greene County Sheriffs Department was patrolling 1-44 when he saw Defendant’s car, bearing Arizona license plates, illegally driving in the passing lane, but not actually passing another vehicle. After observing the car twice driving on the center-line, Corporal Johnson pulled the vehicle over.

Corporal Johnson approached the car and noticed a hanging air freshener that he believed was being used to mask an…