State v. Huston

KENNEDY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted upon jury trial of the knowing possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance, phenobarbital, and he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment, Secs. 195.240, 195.270, RSMo 1978.

We affirm the judgment.

I

Appellant complains first of the testimony of an undercover police agent who negotiated the purchase from appellant of 33,000 tablets of phenobarbital, that the appellant told him “that he had been ‘busted twice’ before and that he had a ‘large marijuana selling operation’ and that he was ‘high’ at the time and that he would ‘throw in some sodium…