Legal Opinion
State v. Jefferson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 12, 1965No. 50843PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STORCKMAN, Judge.
The defendant Paul Earvin Jefferson was charged, tried, and convicted of the illegal possession of amphetamine, a stimulant drug. Section 195.270, RSMo 1963, Cum. Supp., V.A.M.S. The court also found that he had been previously convicted on four occasions as charged pursuant to the Habitual Criminal Act. Section 556.280, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. The defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled and he was sentenced to a three-year term of imprisonment.
The defendant was represented at the trial by able court-appointed counsel and is represented here by the same attorney.…
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