State v. Sanders

CARTER, Judge.

Defendant appeals judgment of conviction for the offense of conspiracy in violation of section 719.1, The Code 1977. The state’s evidence at trial was sufficient, if believed, to establish the existence of a conspiracy by defendant and others to smuggle marijuana into the penitentiary at Fort Madison by hollowing out softballs, filling them with marijuana, and throwing them over the prison walls.

On appeal, defendant asserts, as grounds for reversal and new trial: (1) that there was no probable cause to issue a search warrant for the apartment of an alleged coconspirator and that…