State v. Baines

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

By amended information it was alleged that defendant had been convicted and imprisoned for the commission of three prior felonies, and it was therein charged that he did, on June 8, 1963, have in his possession and under his control 8.75 grams of the narcotic drug, the plant, Cannabis Sativa, commonly called marijuana, a felony under § 195.020, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.

Defendant in writing and orally before the court waived trial by a jury, and the same was accepted and trial was to the court. At the conclusion of the case the court made extensive findings of fact and…