STATE v. VOCU

No. 20989.

615 N.W.2d 623 (2000)

2000 SD 109

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Edward Louis VOCU, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Sherri Sundem Wald, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.

Arnold D. Laubach, Jr., Office of Public Defender, Rapid City, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.


GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Edward Louis Vocu was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance, a Class 5 felony, possession of less than one-half pound of marijuana, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class 2 misdemeanor. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] When Highway Patrol Trooper Boersma spotted Vocu's pickup traveling on a Rapid City street on May 28, 1998, he knew that Vocu was suspected of drug trafficking...

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