State v. Weber

WESTHUES, Judge.

On January 10, 1956, the defendant Weber was found guilty by a jury in the Jackson County Circuit Court on a charge of violating Section 561.450 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., and his punishment was fixed at seven years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. From the sentence imposed, defendant appealed.

Defendant briefed three points: First, that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction. Second, that the trial court unduly restricted the cross-examination of the prosecuting witness. Third, that the trial court erred in giving one instruction and in refusing another.

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