State v. Alexander

RENDLEN, Judge.

Convicted of possession and the sale of methaqualone, a controlled substance, and sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years, defendant’s challenge to the constitutionality of Missouri’s talesman statute, § 494.250, RSMo 1978, brings his appeal to this Court. Art. V, § 3, Mo.Const.

As error, defendant contends: (1) The trial court improperly restricted direct examination by ordering defense counsel not to refer to his witness as an informant unless the witness’ credibility came in issue; and (2) the jury selection procedure denied defendant’s right to an impartial jury mandated…