STATE v. MEEKS

No. 55115.

467 S.W.2d 65 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leroy MEEKS, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Harvey M. Tettlebaum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Charles C. Allen, Jr., James W. Herron, St. Louis, for appellant.


SEILER, Presiding Judge.

Appeal from conviction and sentence of five years' imprisonment for possession of marijuana, Sec. 195.020, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S. The decisive issue is whether the search of the automobile which produced the marijuana was lawful under state and federal constitutional limitations. We hold that it was not.

At 1:45 p. m. on April 20, 1969, Officer Marbs of the St. Louis Police Department, driving his police auto on Easton Avenue, noticed...

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