State v. Taylor

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Nathan Taylor, Jr., convicted of unlawfully selling a narcotic drug in violation of Section 195.020 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., was sentenced to 8 years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. On appeal the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. State v. Taylor, Mo.Sup., 375 S.W.2d 58. Tried anew, a jury found defendant guilty and assessed his punishment at 12 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. The trial court reduced the punishment to 10 years. Defendant appealed from the judgment of conviction.

The evidence at the second trial was so nearly…