STATE v. BRIDGES

No. 48899.

360 S.W.2d 648 (1962)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Walter BRIDGES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

October 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Raban, St. Louis, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Richard R. Nacy, Jr., Howard L. McFadden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Defendant was charged with having "unlawfully and feloniously become addicted to a narcotic drug, to wit: Heroin." See §§ 195.020 and 195.200 (unless otherwise indicated all statutory references are to RS Mo 1959, V.A.M.S.). He was also charged with two prior felony convictions. See § 556.280. The trial court held a hearing outside the presence of the jury and found that on June 16, 1959, defendant had been convicted in the Circuit...

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