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Title: State Missouri v. David Meza
Author : Western District Court of Appeals of Missouri
Release Date : January 25, 1997
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 57 KB

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David Meza, Jr., appeals his conviction of possessing marijuana with the intention of distributing, delivering, or selling it. He asserts that the circuit court erred in not suppressing the evidence used by the state to convict him because officers violated his constitutional rights in obtaining it. We disagree and affirm the judgment of conviction. Kansas City police arrested Meza on August 18, 1995, after an officer stopped his car to investigate a traffic violation. Meza's car had spun its tires, ""fish-tailed,"" crossed two lanes abruptly, and ran the officer's patrol car off the road. The officer smelled a marijuana odor when he walked up to Meza's car. The officer administered a sobriety test to Meza, and he passed. When the officer asked Meza about the marijuana odor, Meza said he had nothing to say. The officer continued questioning him, but Meza said nothing. The officer told Meza that he was arresting him for careless driving and took him to police headquarters where the officer prepared a summons and gave it to Meza.