State v. Esquivel

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Judge.

Gregory Esquivel appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of two counts of possessing a controlled substance, a Class C felony. Esquivel contends that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the evidence was seized in violation of § 544.193, RSMo 1994, and in violation of the “plain feel” doctrine. We affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

Esquivel does not dispute the sufficiency of the evidence. The evidence at the suppression hearing established that on March 3, 1996, Lieutenant William Chapman, a Sedalia police officer, arrested…