State v. Edwards

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of possession of more than 35 grams of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance, and was sentenced in accordance with the punishment assessed by the jury to 30 days incarceration in the St. Louis Medium Security Institution. Defendant appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

At trial, Police Officer Eddie Givens and criminalist Victor Granat testified for the state. Officer Givens said that at approximately 11:30 p.m. on June 26, 1984, he noticed a 1974 Grand Torino, owned by defendant, travelling west on…