State v. Meister

GREENE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Roger Meister, was jury-convicted of the sale of 5.67 pounds of a controlled substance (marijuana) in violation of § 195.020, RSMo 1978, and was sentenced by the trial court to a term of 20 years’ imprisonment in accordance with the jury verdict.

In this appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of other crimes committed by him, and erred by failing to require the state to disclose the name of a confidential, paid informant.

The only evidence in the case was the testimony of Highway Patrolman Clifford Collier and a…