STATE v. WEST

No. 38677.

559 S.W.2d 282 (1977)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Shelley LaVerne WEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

November 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Herd, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., J. Michael Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


McMILLIAN, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Shelley LaVerne West appeals from a judgment of conviction finding her guilty of unlawfully and knowingly having in her possession and under her control a quantity of "PCP" and a sentence of six months in the county jail. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, which was wholly circumstantial, to sustain the conviction.

We conclude that there was no substantial evidence to show that the defendant knowingly...

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