State v. Whittington

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

James Curtis Whittington was found guilty by a jury of the felony of selling marijuana in violation of Section 195.020 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., and his punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement in a state correctional institution for a term of five years. He has appealed from the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict. No brief has been filed in this court on his behalf so we review the assignments of error properly presented in the motion for new trial.

Walter Strickland, who was also known as Robert White and who admitted that he had been a drug addict,…