State v. Day

GUNN, Judge.

Defendant-appellant appeals from judgment of conviction after trial by jury for selling lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), a hallucinogenic drug. Sentence imposed by the trial court under § 556.280 RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., was ten years. We affirm the judgment.

In our review of the evidence in a criminal prosecution, we construe the evidence and reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the state and favorable to the verdict of the jury as true. State v. Bizzle, 500 S.W.2d 259 (Mo.App. 1973).

On August 15, 1972, a Missouri Highway patrolman working as an undercover…