STATE v. WADE

No. 89-1765.

467 N.W.2d 283 (1991)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Robert WADE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, Appellate Defender, and Brian K. Sissel, Asst. Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Tauber, Asst. Atty. Gen., and D. Raymond Walton, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, CARTER and LAVORATO, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

During the trial of Robert Wade on cocaine possession charges, the State introduced evidence of a prior drug offense and resulting prison sentence. Wade contends that this was error, and that the court also erred in sentencing him as a second offender. We affirm.

Police officers stopped Wade's car because they suspected Wade was driving without a license. In searching the car, police found cash and several bags of cocaine. Wade was charged...

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