State v. Parker

CROW, Judge.

A jury found Defendant, Joel F. Parker, guilty of the class B felony of distributing a controlled substance (cocaine), § 195.211, RSMo 1994, and assessed punishment at seven years’ imprisonment. The trial court entered judgment per the verdict. This appeal followed.

The sole issue confronting this court is whether the ferial court misapplied the bewildering rule governing admissibility of criminal behavior by the accused other than the conduct for which he is on trial.

*94On March 11, 1997, law enforcement officers in Springfield arrested a woman— Grace1 — for possession of cocaine.…