State v. Caffey

ELMO B. HUNTER, Special Judge.

James Robert Caffey has appealed from a judgment, entered pursuant to jury verdict, imposing a sentence of twenty years’ confinement for the offense of having under his control a narcotic drug, to wit, cocaine hydrochloride, Section 195.020, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.

At the trial in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri, the defendant was represented by a licensed and practicing attorney with law offices in Springfield, Missouri. The defendant did not offer any evidence.

Mrs. Caffey, the defendant’s mother, who lived in Springfield, Missouri, testified on behalf…