Court Opinion

ID: 9671055
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:30:14.174132+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:07.914148
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ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing seeks the alternative relief of remand to the circuit court for assessment of punishment and rendition of judgment consistent with § 195.200, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., as amended 1971, effective September 28, 1971, and in support thereof cites State v. Reiley, Mo., 476 S.W.2d 473, decided January 10, 1972, and § 1.160, V.A.M.S.
Appellant’s conviction of possession of marijuana occurred April 21, 1971, at a time when the first conviction of that offense was a felony regardless of the amount of marijuana involved. Sec. 195.-200, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S.
While appellant’s case was pending on appeal and before a final determination was made, § 195.200, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S., as amended 1971, became effective. Sec. 195.200, subd. 1(1) (a) provides: “For the first offense of possession of thirty-five grams or less of marijuana or five grams or less of hashish, such person shall be confined in the county jail for a term of not more than one year, or be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or be punished by both such confinement and fine.”
*480The state agrees and the record clearly demonstrates that the amount of marijuana found in possession of appellant was less than 35 grams and that this is appellant’s first conviction. Thus this case falls squarely within the holding of State v. Reiley, supra, in which this court, in a factual situation practically identical to this, remanded the case for assessment of punishment and rendition of judgment consistent with Chapter 195, V.A.M.S., as now enacted.
No error was committed during the trial of this cause and, therefore, there is no occasion to set aside the verdict of guilty of the jury.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled. Appellant’s prayer for the alternative relief is sustained; the judgment is reversed and this cause is remanded for assessment of punishment and rendition of judgment consistent with Chapter 195, V.A. M.S. (Sec. 195.200, V.A.M.S., 1969, as amended 1971) and for further proceedings consistent with this opinion and order. Sec. 1.160, V.A.M.S.