State v. Thompkins

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Curtis Keith Thompkins, appellant, was charged by indictment with selling a quantity of marijuana, a felony, and convicted by a Clay County jury, which set his punishment at eight years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. This is a direct and timely appeal from that judgment and sentence.

Appellant has assigned four (4) points of error on appeal. The first two challenge his pre-trial detention, charging that the trial court’s refusal (1) to release him upon his own recognizance and (2) to order reduction of the $25,000.00 bond constituted reversible…