State v. Goth

GAITAN, Judge.

Defendant, Michael A. Goth, was charged by amended information with possession of cocaine, a violation of Mo.Rev. Stat. § 195.020 (1986). The state also alleged in the information that the defendant was a prior offender within the meaning of Mo.Rev.Stat. §§ 558.016, 557.036 (1986). On October 17, 1989, defendant waived his right to trial by jury. On the same day, the trial court heard the case on the basis of stipulated facts, found defendant guilty as charged, and sentenced him as a prior offender to a term of six years imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant claims that the trial…