State v. Moody

DONNELLY, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Louis B. Moody, was - convicted of possessing dextro amphetamine sulfate, a simulant drug, under § 195.240, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, and his punishment under the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act, § 556.280, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., was assessed at imprisonment in the custody of the State Department of Corrections for a term of two years. Following rendition of judgment and imposition of sentence an appeal was perfected to this Court.

On February 19,1968, appellant was driving a car alone at night in the Gaslight…