STATE v. JAMES

No. 12733.

286 N.W.2d 534 (1979)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Wesley Curtis JAMES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Atkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Michael A. Lyons, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.


DUNN, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction of possession of a controlled drug (amphetamines). We affirm.

On the afternoon of July 11, 1978, defendant and Robert Chris McCormick were riding in McCormick's green and white automobile on 41st Street in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Two Sioux Falls detectives were meeting with an unnamed informant as the McCormick vehicle passed by. The informant pointed to the automobile and stated that the vehicle with "those...

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