State v. Mitchell

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted, by the court in a jury-waived trial, of the offense of illegal possession of a Schedule I controlled substance (heroin), and was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. He appeals. We affirm.

Prior to trial, defendant filed two motions to suppress evidence, both based upon what he contends was evidence illegally obtained by the state. The court overruled both motions.

We therefore recite the evidence pertaining to defendant’s arrest. Officer Gober of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Intelligence Unit testified…