Ross v. State

Defendant-appellant, Edwin C. Ross (Ross), was charged by information with delivery of a controlled substance, to wit: marijuana. He was convicted by a j ury of that charge and now brings this appeal.

We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the verdict follow. Opha Presnell, a State Conservation Officer, was patrolling in Sullivan County with Deputy Murl Singleton of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department on May 25, 1975, when they came upon an empty auto beside a road in a strip mine area. After stopping to investigate, they both walked to the top of a nearby “stripper hill” and observed a…