Where a defendant challenged his conviction for the possession of drugs and paraphernalia, arguing that there was insufficient evidence that he knowingly possessed methamphetamine residue on a cut straw, the judgment is affirmed because the defendant’s knowledge of the drug’s ...

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Where a defendant challenged his felony convictions for possession of methamphetamine and lorazepam, the lab report was sufficient to show that the substance tested in a bag was methamphetamine, and the possession-of-methamphetamine conviction was based on sufficient evidence including witness ...

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Where a defendant appealed his conviction for possession of a controlled substance, the officers’ show of authority, including emergency lights, would have made a reasonable person feel as though they were not free to leave, so the initial stop was ...

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State v. Faler (MLW No. 71380/Case No. SD34819 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Possession Knowledge

State v. Faler (MLW No. 71341/Case No. SD34819 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Possession Knowledge Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Gilmore (MLW No. 71345/Case No. SC96341 – 9 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Powell, J.; all concur)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Possession Knowledge Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Workes (MLW No. 71012/Case No. ED104607 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

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State v. Clark (MLW No. 70906/Case No. ED104303 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Possession Firearm Statute Sufficiency Of Evidence

State v. Graham (MLW No. 70451/Case No. ED103897 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Van Amburg, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Possession Lawful Prescription Manner Of Ingestion

State v. Clark (MLW No. 69366/Case No. SC94959 – 23 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Stith, Draper and Teitelman, JJ., concur; Wilson, J., concurs in result in separate opinion filed; Fischer and Russell, JJ., concur in opinion of Wilson, J.)

Tagged with: Constructive Possession Criminal Law Drug Possession Knowledge

U.S. v. Cotton (MLW No. 69192/Case No. 14-3141 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Possession hearsay Prior Convictions