State v. Corona

MONTGOMERY, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Jerry Tim Corona (Defendant) guilty of the sale of a controlled substance (amphetamine), § 195.211, RSMo Cum.Supp.1991, and he was sentenced as a persistent offender to 25 years’ imprisonment. This appeal followed.

Defendant presents three points relied on. The first point avers the trial court (a) erred in permitting the State “to elicit evidence that O’Meara and [Defendant] were preparing to inject amphetamine,” and (b) committed plain error “in failing to declare a mistrial, sua sponte, when the state inquired into [Defendant’s] previous drug use.”…