State v. Ambrosio

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction in a jury-waived case of possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana, § 195.020, RSMo 1978. Appellant was fined $100 and sentenced to 15 days in the City of St. Louis jail. The execution of the sentence was suspended and appellant placed on probation for one year.

The sole issue is whether the trial court improperly denied appellant’s motion to suppress evidence of the marijuana. Appellant argues first that the search warrant by authority of which the marijuana was seized, failed to comply with § 542.271, RSMo 1978, 1 the statute listing the…