State v. Horne

TURNAGE, Judge.

Donald Gene Horne was found guilty by a jury of acceding to corruption, § 576.020, RSMo 1986. The jury recommended a sentence of five years imprisonment and a fine to be set by the judge, but the court imposed sentence of imprisonment for three years with no fine. Horne contends the State failed to prove an agreement, error in the giving of an instruction, and error in failure to instruct on the defense of duress. Affirmed.

Horne was employed as a medical assistant at the Missouri State Penitentiary. As a medical assistant he had access to certain drugs in the penitentiary…