State v. Arbeiter

DOWD, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Joseph Arbeiter, was convicted by a jury of two counts of possessing marijuana and pentazocine in violation of § 195.020 RSMo 1978 and sentenced as a persistent offender to two consecutive ten-year terms. § 558.016 RSMo 1978. 1 He appeals alleging the trial court erred in four respects. We affirm.

On August 15,1981, a search warrant for a family home at 2833 Missouri was issued based on information supplied by an informant. This informant’s identity was never questioned by the judge issuing the warrant. The home was owned by defendant’s father-in-law and occupied…