State v. Lehl

The defendant, Russell L. Lehl, was convicted by a jury of unlawful possession of methamphetamine and was sentenced to imprisonment for 1 to 2 years. He has appealed and contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that evidence was taken from his person by an illegal search, and that the sentence imposed was excessive.

The record shows that on August 15,1987, at approximately 8 a.m., the Lincoln Police Department received a call that a complainant was having trouble removing the defendant from the complainant’s apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska. At the apartment, the…