Legal Opinion
State v. McDonald
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 19, 1993No. 17879PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WUEST, Justice.
A jury convicted Lisa McDonald (McDonald) of one count of unauthorized possession of a controlled substance. She appeals from the judgment. We affirm.
FACTS
McDonald was arrested at her place of employment on drug charges unrelated to this appeal. Pursuant to the arrest, her purse was searched at the Mitchell Police Station. The jail matron and the arresting officers found a folded paper packet in McDonald’s billfold. Subsequent testing showed the folded packet contained cocaine.
McDonald was charged with possession of cocaine in violation of SDCL 22-42-5 and 34-20B-16(l). At…
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