State v. Jackson

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of two counts of illegal possession of drugs, i.e., heroin and cocaine, and his concurrent ten-year sentence on each count as a prior and persistent offender. Sec. 558.-016 and 557.036.4 RSMo 1986. We affirm.

Two police officers on patrol saw a group of people in animated discussion in front of an apartment complex. When they approached to investigate three of the participants ran into an apartment. The officers briefly pursued and then returned to the larger group. As they approached they observed defendant remove two…