Legal Opinion

State v. Ferguson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided November 7, 1989No. 56341PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Rodney Ferguson, appeals from his convictions of two counts of selling a controlled substance, to wit, marijuana. See Section 195.020, RSMo (1986). He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each count, the terms to run consecutively. We affirm.

Defendant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Because defendant failed to preserve this claim of error by raising it in his motion for new trial, we review for plain error. Rule 30.20.

In reviewing a claim of insufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, we accept the State’s evidence as true and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. Walter LevyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
  2. State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. State v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  4. State v. LincolnMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. EllisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
  2. State v. JacksonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990

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