State v. Holt

EAGER, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the offense of possessing an “apparatus, device or instrument for the unauthorized use of narcotic drugs,” as proscribed by § 195.020, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. (to which revision all statutory references will refer). The Court found that defendant had previously been convicted, sentenced and imprisoned for a felony and sentenced him to imprisonment for a term of five years.

On this appeal, prosecuted by diligent and effective appointed counsel, three points are made, namely: (1) that defendant’s arrest was illegal, that the search which resulted in…