State v. Carson

941 S.W.2d 518 (1997)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Maurice CARSON, Appellant.

No. 79120.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 25, 1997.

Rose Wibbenmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, David R. Truman, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, for Respondent.

BENTON, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Maurice Carson was convicted of second degree trafficking and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. § 195.223.2(2); § 558.011.1[1] The Court of Appeals would have reversed Carson's conviction and ordered his discharge due to an improper…