State v. Polk

KELLY, Judge.

Steven James Polk, hereinafter the defendant, appeals from a conviction, following jury trial, of Illegal Possession of a Schedule I Substance, Heroin, in violation of §§ 195.020 and 195.200 RSMo. 1971, and the court-imposed sentence of 12 years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Defendant was charged in an Amended Information with the above named offense on May 24, 1973, and a prior conviction of possession of a stimulant drug on May 1, 1970. During the course of the trial a hearing was had on the issue of the prior conviction and from the evidence adduced…