Settle v. State

LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant Robert Settle appeals a jury conviction for felony possession of a Schedule II narcotic, hydromorphone, in violation of § 195.200.1(1) RSMo.1978. He received a sentence of seven years imprisonment. This opinion will first address the defendant’s challenge to the admission into evidence, over his motion to suppress, of evidence claimed to be the fruit of an illegal stop and illegal search of the defendant’s car.

Both parties rely upon the evidence adduced at the suppression hearing as well as that developed at trial. See State v. Lane, 613 S.W.2d 669,…