State v. Johnson

DOUGLAS E. LONG, Jr., Special Judge.

Appellant George W. Johnson was convicted of selling methamphetamine after a jury trial and sentenced to serve a term of twenty years. Appellant raises two points on this appeal.

Jack Merritt, a Corporal with the Missouri State Highway Patrol was working an undercover operation in Seymour, Missouri. A confidential informant introduced Merritt to one Carl Milligan who said he knew someone who would sell Merritt some “crank” or “crystal”, slang terminology for methamphetamine. Merritt went with his informant and Milligan to the apartment of appellant, who was…