State v. Bearden

KAROHL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, George Bearden, was charged, tried by jury and convicted of possession of pentazocine, commonly known as Talwin, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Bearden received a sentence of six years as a prior offender.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not in dispute. On December 3, 1984 Detectives Heitzler and Hanrahan of the St. Louis County Police Department began a surveillance of defendant’s residence. The initiation of the surveillance apparently was in response to several anonymous telephone calls to the police concerning Bearden’s drug-related activities. We…