STATE v. AMOS

No. KCD26041.

490 S.W.2d 328 (1972)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. AI AMOS, a/k/a James Edward Shelton, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

January 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Russell, Duncan & Russell, Kansas City, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Daniel P. Card, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SHANGLER, C. J., and DIXON and CROSS, JJ.


SHANGLER, Chief Judge.

The defendant-appellant Al Amos was convicted by a jury for the possession of a quantity of marijuana, the plant cannabis sativa, and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of four years. Three grounds are alleged as trial error, among them, that Sections 195.017 and 195.020, V.A.M.S., under which the appellant was convicted, arbitrarily and unreasonably classify marijuana as a dangerous and addictive drug, and in so doing, have denied appellant...

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