State v. Perez

BERREY, Presiding Judge.

Hilario Perez appeals his jury conviction of transfer of cocaine and sentence of seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Appellant was charged with sale (Count I) and conspiracy to sell (Count II). The state produced two witnesses who testified at trial. Sidney Popejoy, a chemist for the Missouri Highway Patrol, testified the substance introduced as Exhibit No. 1 was cocaine. Mark Stoner, an officer with eighteen months experience as a Jefferson City police officer, also testified.

Stoner’s undercover work brought him into contact with Nicholas Massie,…