State v. Davis

CRANDALL, Chief Judge.

Defendant, James Davis, Jr., appeals from his conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict, of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, Section 195.020, RSMo (1986), for which he was sentenced to a term of three years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence established that acting on an informant’s tip, two police officers conducted a surveillance of a certain area from a parked, unmarked police vehicle. They observed defendant and a companion standing next…