State v. McCauley

DIXON, Judge.

The defendant appeals from a jury-tried conviction upon an information charging him with having unlawfully, intentionally and feloniously under his control, marijuana, a controlled substance statutorily defined as Cannabis sativa. The jury assessed defendant’s punishment at a fine and one year’s confinement in the Daviess County jail. The defendant filed a timely motion for new trial and a timely appeal.

The defendant was arrested on August 19, 1972, in Daviess County. The arresting highway patrolmen observed the defendant and another man drive onto the farm where the officers…