State v. Metcalf

OPINION

MARY K. HOFF, Presiding Judge.

Edwin L. Metcalf (Defendant) appeals the trial court’s judgment and sentence imposed following a jury verdict convicting him of Class C felony possession of a controlled substance, in violation of Section 195.202 RSMo 2000.1 The trial court sentenced Defendant, as a prior and persistent offender in accordance with Section 558.016, to a term of ten years’ imprisonment. We reverse.

Facts

The State presented the testimony of Warrenton Police Officer Eric Schleuter (Schleuter) and Missouri Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory (Lab) Criminalist Supervisor Sid Popejoy…