State v. Taylor

SIMON, Judge.

Defendant, James Taylor, was found guilty of possession of gambling records in the first degree in violation of § 572.050 RSMo 1978, a class D felony. (All further references shall be to RSMo 1978 unless otherwise noted.) Following a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County, the defendant was sentenced to a nine month term in the county jail and fined five thousand dollars.

On appeal, the defendant contends the trial court erred in: (1) overruling his motions for a judgment of acquittal at the close of all the evidence, and for a judgment notwithstanding the…