State v. Pearson

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appellant John Joseph Pearson was charged with illegal possession of the controlled substance, amphetamine sulfate, in violation of §§ 195.017 and 195.020, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. The jury found him guilty. He appeals from the conviction 'and ten-year sentence of imprisonment.

The jury could have found from the evidence that at about 1:00 a. m. on January 26, 1972; the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department received information that a certain package was in transit from California to Kansas City aboard Continental Airlines Flight 12 from Los Angeles. Detective Grasher went to…