MEADOWS v. STATE

No. CR 80-77.

602 S.W.2d 636 (1980)

Lonnie Augusta MEADOWS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, App. Public Defender by Ray Hartenstein, Chief Deputy Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Jack W. Dickerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In this prosecution for possession of heroin with intent to deliver, the issue on appeal is the validity of a police search by which Meadows was found to be carrying drugs on his person. At a non-jury trial Meadows was found guilty and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. We agree with his insistence that the trial court should have suppressed the evidence produced by the search.

On the evening of February 8, 1978, Meadows and...

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