State v. Platt

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

The amended information upon which this case went to trial alleged that defendant distributed to Deanna Sue Warren a quantity of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD). The act alleged constitutes a violation of § 195.020 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., and since Deanna Warren was a minor, the penalty range under § 195.200(4) was imprisonment for a term of from five years to life. Trial to a jury resulted in conviction and sentence of eighteen years.

The issues on this appeal are: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict; (2) whether a new trial should have…