STATE v. CHASTAIN

No. 10909.

585 S.W.2d 562 (1979)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Benjamin Earl CHASTAIN, III, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied August 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Hamilton, Joplin, for defendant-appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Weldon W. Perry, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

A jury found defendant Benjamin Earl Chastain guilty on two counts of selling marijuana and fixed the punishment at 10 years' imprisonment on each count. The trial court ordered the sentences to run concurrently. Defendant appeals.

Defendant's sole allegation of error is that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction.

Count I of the information charged the defendant with selling marijuana to Stuart

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