State v. West
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Judge.
Defendant-appellant Shelley LaVerne West appeals from a judgment of conviction finding her guilty of unlawfully and knowingly having in her possession and under her control a quantity of “PCP” and a sentence of six months in the county jail. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, which was wholly circumstantial, to sustain the conviction.
We conclude that there was no substantial evidence to show that the defendant knowingly possessed and had under her control the “PCP” in question and that the judgment should be reversed. In reviewing the evidence, the facts in…
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