State of Missouri v. Antonio West

Introduction

Antonio L. West (“West”) was convicted by a Buchanan County jury of three counts of delivery of a controlled substance, a class B felony, in violation of section 195.211. 1 He was sentenced to serve ten years in prison on each count, with Counts I and II to run consecutively and Count III to run concurrently. West appeals, alleging that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial because the jury, in finding him guilty, improperly considered the fact that West did not testify in his own defense. West argues that his constitutional rights under the Fifth, Sixth and…