State v. Farmer

PARRISH, Judge.

Terrill Farmer (defendant) was convicted, following a jury trial, of the class B felony of selling rock cocaine, a controlled substance. § 195.211, RSMo 1994. He appeals contending the trial court committed plain error during the course of his trial by requesting that a witness for the state be questioned further. This court affirms.

M.B. was a confidential informant for the Kennett, Missouri, Police Department. A *69police department detective, Larry Shown, placed a tape recorder on M. B.’s person and provided him with five $20 bills for use in purchasing rock cocaine. M.B.…