State v. Webster

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a bench-tried conviction for possession of a controlled substance, heroin. § 195.020, RSMo 1986. Defendant was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment as a prior and persistent offender. We affirm.

Defendant alleges the State failed to present sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction. We view the evidence and all inferences reasonably arising therefrom in the light most favorable to the verdict. We reject and ignore all contradictory evidence and inferences. State v. Willis, 662 S.W.2d 252, 253[1] (Mo. banc 1983). To sustain a conviction for…