State v. Jackson

CRANE, Judge.

A jury convicted defendant Floyd Jackson of one count of possession of cocaine, in violation of § 195.020 RSMo 1986. He was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to nine years imprisonment. Defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court. We affirm.

The evidence adduced at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, discloses that on December 15,1988, Detectives William Hayles and Eddie Montague conducted a surveillance operation in front of an apartment in the City of St. Louis. The detectives instructed a confidential informant to enter the building…