State v. Amos

SHANGLER, Chief Judge.

The defendant-appellant Al Amos was convicted by a jury for the possession of a quantity of marijuana, the plant cannabis sativa, and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of four years. Three grounds are alleged as trial error, among them, that Sections 195.017 and 195.020, V.A.M.S., under which the appellant was convicted, arbitrarily and unreasonably classify marijuana as a dangerous and addictive drug, and in so doing, have denied appellant the equal protection of the laws and his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…