State v. Wolfskill

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Defendant was charged under the habitual criminal statute, Section 556.280 (all statutory references are to RSMo 1959, V.A. M.S.), with the offense of unlawfully selling marijuana. After a jury verdict of guilty the trial court sentenced defendant to ten years imprisonment.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, and we need not detail the facts which clearly authorized the verdict of the jury.

Out of the presence of the jury the trial court received evidence of defendant’s previous conviction in the United States District Court for the Western…