Smith v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the possession of marijuana. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty. Appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State Reformatory for a term of not less than two nor more than ten years, which sentence was suspended. Appellant was fined $300 and costs.

The record discloses the following facts:

On September 10, 1969, just before midnight State’s Witnesses Langley and Severs observed appellant’s automobile with its parking lights on on a country road about one tenth of a mile from Severs’ house. Severs was concerned because he had tractors parked in the…