State v. Villa-Perez

Found guilty of transporting and possessing more than 35 grams of marihuana, §§ 195.020 and 195.025,1 defendant’s principal challenge is to the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

*899The salient facts surrounding defendant’s arrest and seizure of the marihuana are in large part undisputed. At 2:30 a.m., November 22, 1988, Officer Matt Brown of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, while patrolling Interstate 1-44 in Greene County, observed a large U-Haul truck (truck) traveling in the eastbound lane. Though it did not appear to be committing a moving violation, Brown stopped the truck to…