State v. Bridges

FINCH, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of unlawfully distributing and transferring amphetamine hydrochloride, a stimulant drug, and the jury assessed his punishment at a fine of five hundred dollars. We have jurisdiction of his appeal because the construction of the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Missouri is involved. Section 3, Article V, Missouri Constitution, V.A.M.S. After the adoption by Division One of this court of an opinion affirming the conviction, the case was transferred, on request, to the court en banc by reason of the fact that there had been a dissenting…