STATE v. THOMAS

No. 53397.

433 S.W.2d 537 (1968)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James Betts THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

November 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Richard R. Nacy, Jr., Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Herbert D. Schaeffer, Clayton, for defendant-appellant.


PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted by the verdict of a jury for the possession of a narcotic drug, 43 milligrams of heroin. Upon proof and a finding of a prior 1953 grand larceny conviction, the court sentenced appellant to eight years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections of Missouri.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not here challenged. Appellant urges that he is entitled to a reversal and a new trial because...

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