State v. Derenzy

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Appellant, Jared R. Derenzy, was accused of having sold ten dollars of marijuana to an undercover officer within 2,000 feet of Westminster College. He was charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance within 2,000 feet of a school, in violation of section 195.214.1.1

Appellant requested that the trial court instruct the jury as to the lesser included offense of possession of marijuana. He provided a proposed instruction that failed to describe the charged offense accurately. Regardless of the erroneous description of the charged offense, the trial…