Crowder v. State

RATLIFF, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Posey County Court wherein the appellant, Robin A. Crowder, was convicted, after court trial, of the offense of possession of less than thirty (30) grams of marijuana in violation of IC 35-48-4-11.

The facts, as revealed by the evidence most favorable to the State, are that shortly after midnight on July 2, 1978, Trooper Donald Jackson of the Indiana State Police stopped Crowder’s automobile in Cynthiana, Posey County, Indiana, for a rear bumper height violation. The officer went to the car window on the driver’s side and asked the driver, Crowder, for…