STATE v. SAYLES

No. WD 53583.

949 S.W.2d 281 (1997)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Benjamin SAYLES, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

August 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Simpson, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, Fernando Bermudez, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before SMART, P.J., and LOWENSTEIN and LAURA DENVIR STITH, JJ.


ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Benjamin Sayles appeals his two convictions for the sale of a controlled substance claiming that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of possession of a controlled substance. We find that there was no evidence which would have established a basis for acquitting Mr. Sayles of the sale but convicting him of possession, and therefore the trial court did not err in refusing to submit the proffered...

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