State v. Baker

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Robert Baker was charged in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County with possession of cocaine, a controlled substance, in violation of section 195.202, RSMo.Cum.Supp.1993. 1 Defendant appeals on the grounds that he was not in possession of any measurable or visible amount of cocaine and that the mere fact the State was able to find the burnt residue of cocaine on a pipe evidences solely prior cocaine use and does not support his conviction for then knowingly and intentionally possessing cocaine.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On November 19, 1998, at approximately…