State v. McWhorter

GARY W. LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Cindy McWhorter (“Defendant”) was charged with committing the class C felony of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in violation of section 195.202, RSMo 2004. Defendant was found guilty following a jury trial, and the court sentenced her to a term of seven years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals, arguing the trial court erred in admitting evidence of the methamphetamine found in her purse because the evidence was seized in a search incident to an arrest made without a warrant and without probable cause. Because we find that Defendant’s claim was…