Opinion
No. 58973.
September 17, 1991.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT, CITY OF ST. LOUIS; ANNA C. FORDER, JUDGE.
Loyce Hamilton, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for defendant/appellant.
William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Elizabeth L. Ziegler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff/respondent.
ORDER
A jury convicted defendant, Tamara Roberts, of possession of cocaine, § 195.202 RSMo Cum Supp. 1990. The trial court sentenced defendant to three years imprisonment. On appeal defendant's sole point alleges the court erred in giving MAI-CR3d 302.04 because it unconstitutionally diminishes the meaning of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Both the Supreme Court of Missouri and this court have upheld the language in question. State v. Reese, 795 S.W.2d 69, 74-5 (Mo. banc 1990), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 111 S.Ct. 1025, 112 L.Ed.2d 1106 (1991); State v. Trust, 817 S.W.2d 528 (Mo.App. 1991). Defendant's point is denied. An extended opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose. The judgment of conviction is affirmed. Rule 30.25(b).