State v. Ray

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of possession of a controlled substance, § 195.020, RSMo 1986, for which he was sentenced as a persistent offender to a jail term of thirty years. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. We reverse.

On review of a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the record in the light most favorable to the State, accepting as true all evidence, and inferences therefrom, supporting the guilty verdict. State v. Barber, 635 S.W.2d 342, 343 [1] (Mo.1982).

To sustain defendant’s conviction the State must have…