State v. Matthews

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction for the sale of cocaine and possession of cocaine, § 195.020 RSMo 1986 (repealed 1989), obtained in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County. Defendant was sentenced to twenty-three years imprisonment for sale of cocaine and five years for possession of cocaine, sentences to run concurrently. We affirm.

On August 17, 1987, police conducted a search of a residence located at 1132 North Middle, Cape Girardeau, pursuant to a search warrant. Upon entering the residence police found three occupants in the home including one man…