State v. Burton

BOOKER T. SHAW, Judge.

Christopher Burton (“Defendant”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment entered upon a jury verdict convicting him of one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Defendant was sentenced as a persistent drug offender to concurrent terms of ten years’ imprisonment for possession of a controlled substance and one day for possession of drug paraphernalia. 1 The trial court further or dered that Defendant “be committed to the custody of the long-term abuse, substance abuse pursuant to [Section] 217.362 RSMo, and the…