State v. Jackson

KENNEDY, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted in a judge-tried case of possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana, a misdemeanor, Section 195.020, RSMo 1986. He was fined $100.

Defendant appeals upon a single point— the alleged insufficiency of the evidence to show that the substance found in his possession was marijuana.

Upon a review of the record, we find that the evidence was quite sufficient to show that the contents of the ashtray in defendant’s van, being driven by defendant when he was stopped for a traffic offense, was marijuana. These contents are described in the evidence as the…