STATE v. ROBERGE


642 S.W.2d 716 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald A. ROBERGE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Perky, Lexington, for defendant-appellant.

Jerry L. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Nashville, of counsel.


OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance for resale and was sentenced to serve seven to ten years in the penitentiary.1 Some seventy-four pounds of peyote cactus buttons containing mescaline, a Schedule I drug, were found in a duffel bag in the trunk of an automobile in which appellant was riding when the vehicle was stopped by Highway Patrol officers on February 24, 1979. The...

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