State v. Burns

SWOFFORD, Judge.

Appellant Burns was convicted on trial by jury of sale of a controlled substance, lysergic acid diethylomide (LSD), in violation of Section 195.017 RSMo 1969. The jury was unable to agree upon a sentence and the defendant was sentenced by the court to a term of twenty (20) years imprisonment.

The defendant raises two points on this appeal. First, he states that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his counsel’s request to withdraw and in requiring the defendant to proceed to trial with that counsel or with no counsel; that he sought a change of counsel for good…