State v. Gordon

HAYDEN, Presiding Judge.

On October 1, 1991, Davenport police officers placed Lavon McGowan under surveillance for narcotics trafficking. Acting on a confidential informant’s lead, the police established surveillance near a residence on Sixteenth Street in Davenport. McGowan arrived at the scene in his truck shortly thereafter. He was accompanied by the defendant, Sylvester Gordon. McGowan parked his truck near the targeted residence, and the two men entered the house, exiting a short time later. From a position approximately ten feet from McGowan’s truck, a police officer heard Gordon ask…