State v. Gannaway

A jury found defendant, Raymond Robert Gannaway, guilty of growing and cultivating marijuana. § 195.020 RSMo 1986. In accordance with the verdict, he was sentenced to imprisonment for five years. He states three points on appeal. In view of the issues presented by those points, only a concise statement of the relevant facts is necessary.

An informant reported to Deputy Sheriff Carl D. Wagner that the defendant was growing marijuana at his home. Deputy Sheriff Wagner went to the property adjoining that of the defendant. From that property, Wagner saw a number of marijuana plants growing outside…