State v. Smith

The defendant in this proceeding, Johnnie Carlos Smith, was convicted by a jury on May 24, 1991, of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. He was later sentenced to from one to five years in the State penitentiary and fined .$1,000.00. On appeal, he claims that the trial court erred in failing to suppress evidence seized during what he contends was an illegal and warrantless search. He also claims that the court erred in admitting into evidence a prior inconsistent statement which he made to a probation officer and in allowing the prosecutor to adduce evidence of prior criminal…