Sossamon v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

This is an appeal by William Ray Sossamon who was convicted of possession of marijuana and sentenced to six years in the Arkansas Department of Correction.

On March 20, 1987, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Deputy Sheriff Allen Jordan obtained a warrant to search all the “buildings, structures, or vehicles” situated on certain described property. The affidavit for warrant was based on previously conducted surveillance and a tip from a confidential informant who told Jordan that the informant had seen marijuana and “crystal” at appellant’s residence on the property “within…