State v. Qualls

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal. Defendant/movant (hereinafter defendant) appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis on the charge of possession of heroin, § 195.020 RSMo 1986 (repealed 1989). He also appeals the judgment of the motion court which denied his Rule 29.15 motion.

Defendant’s sole claim on direct appeal is that the trial court committed plain error in admitting into evidence a blue Dormin 1 bottle and its contents because such evidence was the product of an unreasonable search violating the defendant’s Fourth Amendment Right. Defendant…