State v. Cotton

EDWIN H. SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Danny Joe Cotton1 appeals the judgment of his jury conviction in the Circuit Court of Cole County for the class C felony of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, § 195.202,2 for which he was sentenced to one year imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

The appellant raises six points on appeal. In Point I, he claims that the trial court erred in overruling his pre-trial motion and failing to suppress the methamphetamine and other items seized during a warrantless search of his person and motor vehicle pursuant to a traffic stop…