Legal Opinion

State v. Dodson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 2, 1978No. KCD 29048PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TURNAGE, Judge.

James Dodson was convicted of distributing a controlled substance, § 195.020, RSMo 1975 Supp. The jury was unable to agree on punishment and the court assessed a term of ten years confinement.

On this appeal Dodson claims the court erred in (1) allowing the endorsement of a witness fifteen minutes before trial, (2) allowing the State to substitute an information for an indictment, and (3) allowing the State to display various bottles of pills to the jury. Affirmed.

Dodson does not question the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. The jury could reasonably have…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. StrawtherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  2. State v. GordonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. State v. WilsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. State v. LaffertySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. RennerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984

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