State v. Watson

MAUS, Judge.

This case stems from the operation of a “chop shop.” The defendant was convicted of 13 felony offenses of receiving stolen property. § 570.080. His cumulative sentence was imprisonment for 11 years and a fine of $16,500.

The defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence. By the first of his two points of error, he complains of the admission in evidence of items seized from his shop. That complaint is based upon the asserted invalidity of a search warrant. An outline of the' facts pertaining to that warrant follows.

For several months before April 13,1984, a blue…