STATE v. SCARLETT

No. 57116.

486 S.W.2d 409 (1972)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James Lee SCARLETT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Louren R. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

James L. McMullin, Hill & McMullin, Kansas City, for appellant; John J. Cosgrove, Kansas City, of counsel.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal, filed prior to January 1, 1972, from judgment and sentence to five years' imprisonment, imposed under Second Offender Act, upon jury verdict of guilt on charge of possession of narcotic drugs.

At around 12:30 P.M., October 9, 1970, two Kansas City police officers knocked at the door of the residence of Carol Scogin in Kansas City. The officers were looking for Clyde Burkhart for whom a warrant had been issued on a burglary charge...

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