State v. Edwards

SIMEONE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Donald Lloyd Edwards, was charged, tried, found guilty by a jury and sentenced by the court for the offense of possession of a quantity of marihuana in excess of thirty-five grams, a felony. §§ 195.017(1), (4), 195.020, 195.200. RSMo Supp.1973, V.A.M.S.

The principal issue on this appeal, which has not heretofore been decided in this state, is whether there was sufficient evidence presented at trial to submit the issue that defendant possessed a quantity of marihuana in excess of thirty-five grams. For reasons hereinafter stated, we conclude that…