State v. Umfleet

HOGAN, Judge.

A jury found Keith Umfleet guilty of two counts of possession of controlled substances in violation of § 195.020, RSMo Supp.1973.1 His punishment was assessed at 12 years’ imprisonment on count one (possession of morphine) and five years’ imprisonment on count two (possession of barbiturates). The sentences have been made to run concurrently. Defendant appeals.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdicts is not questioned, and a brief recitation of the facts will be sufficient.2 On February 2, 1972, the Cape Girardeau Police Department received a “tip” from an…