State v. Coats

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

The defendant was charged with possession of marijuana for sale. Prior to trial, he moved to suppress evidence seized during a search of his home. After an evidentiary hearing, the motion to suppress was denied. The matter was submitted for trial without a jury on a stipulated record. The trial judge found the defendant guilty as charged with one prior felony conviction. He was sentenced to the presumptive term of seven and one-half years’ imprisonment.

The only issues on appeal deal with the denial of the motion to suppress. The facts that bear on that question are as…