Legal Opinion

State v. Collins

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 10, 1980No. 39705PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury for the sale of heroin and his punishment assessed at five years imprisonment.

Defendant first asserts that the information under which he was charged was deficient because it failed to allege that he was “knowingly” engaged in the sale of heroin. We do not agree and are of the collective opinion that use in the information of the language “unlawfully and felo-niously” was sufficient to put defendant on notice that his sale of heroin was willful and intentional. See State v. Williams, 546 S.W.2d 533 (Mo.App.1977).

Defendant next contends that the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. BainesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  2. State v. RiversMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. State v. HebbMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. ScottMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. State v. GonzalezMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
  3. State v. ClayMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. State v. RitterbachMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. State v. ScottMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985

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