State v. Owens
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Commissioner.
Dempsey Owens, Jr., with four prior felony convictions, has been found guilty of illegal possession of narcotics, 1.32 grams of heroin, and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. RSMo 1959, §§ 195.020, 195.-200, V.A.M.S. The transcript of the record shows that Dempsey was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty on June 6, 1963. On the following day, June 7, the court finding upon examination of the defendant that he was an indigent appointed, without ■compensation, a distinguished professor of law to represent him in the trial of the cause. And in March 1964 upon…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
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