Legal Opinion

State v. Serna

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 7, 1975No. KCD 26971PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of sales of a controlled substance under a two-count Information and was sentenced by the court, under the Second Offender Act, to 25 years on the first count and five years on the second count, such sentences to run consecutively.

The only point raised on this appeal is that the trial court erred in not requiring the state to elect which of the two counts charged would be submitted to the jury.

The state offered evidence from a member of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department on special assignment as an undercover agent for the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. BakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
  2. State v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  3. State v. TerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  4. State v. WalkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  5. State v. HufferMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. CraneMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. State v. ShubertMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. State v. LarabeeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. State v. McCrarySupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
  5. State v. McCrarySupreme Court of Missouri · 1981

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