Moore v. State

Appellant Gerald W. Moore, Jr. was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for the unlawful sale of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the State Penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence he appeals. We affirm the conviction and remand for a proper sentence.

The jury in this case was justified in finding from the evidence that on April 12, 1971, appellant sold 45 LSD tablets to Terry Bulloch, an undercover narcotics agent, for the sum of $45.

Appellant first urges that the trial court was in error in overruling his…