State v. Gagallarritti

HENRY J. WESTHUES, Special Commissioner.

On March 21, 1963, Dominick Gagal-larritti was convicted by a jury on a charge of obtaining money and merchandise by the use of a check drawn on a bank in which he knew he had no funds. The information alleged that defendant had previously been convicted of a felony. . The trial court held a hearing and found that defendant had been previously convicted and pursuant to Section 556.280, V.A.M.S., as amended in 1959, the trial court fixed defendant’s punishment at four years’ imprisonment. After a motion for new trial was overruled, defendant was accorded…