State v. Owen

Lewis, Chief Justice:

Appellants Edgar Allen Owen and Charles Edmund Owen appeal from their conviction and sentence for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Edgar was thereafter sentenced to five (5) years, and Charles received a sentence of twenty (20) years as a third offender. They assign error under eleven (11) exceptions which, it is argued in appellants’ brief, pose as many questions for decision. However, we find that the questions which warrant discussion are much less in number.

The basic issue involves the sufficiency of the affidavit to show probable cause for the…