State v. Stavricos

TITUS, Judge.

After alleging a prior felony conviction, the information charged that defendant, on or about December 4, 1971, “did . wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, possess [Count I] a derivative of opium, to-wit: morphine sulphate, 1 contrary to Sections 195.020 and 195.017, 4, (1) (a) . . . as amended, [and in Count II] a salt of pethidine, to-wit: Pethidine hydrochloride contrary to Sections 195.020 and 195.017, 4, (2) (n) ... as amended.” The jury returned separate verdicts finding defendant guilty on both counts. Defendant’s new trial motion was overruled and he was sentenced to two…