State v. Ivey

Louise Ivey appeals from a conviction of the crime of possession of narcotics.

The case was tried to the court sitting without a jury. No assignment of error.is made to the findings of fact. The sufficiency of the evidence to establish guilt is not questioned. The only assignments of error are: (1) the trial court erred in failing to suppress certain evidence (two marijuana cigarettes); and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing the appellant to the state penitentiary for a period of not more than 20 years.

The appellant was arrested in the early morning of December 1, 1965,…