State v. Laws

RENDLEN, Judge.

Defendant, convicted on two counts of possessing controlled substances, §§ 195.-020, 195.240, RSMo 1986, was sentenced as a persistent offender to concurrent terms of eight years’ imprisonment on each count. We granted transfer from the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, and now determine the cause as on original appeal. Mo. Const, art. V, § 10. Affirmed.

At issue is the constitutional validity of the search warrant leading to defendant’s conviction. Trooper Nelson Wallis of the Missouri State Highway Patrol testified he had received many calls from the particular…