State v. Ruddy

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Peter Ruddy (Ruddy) appeals his conviction on two counts of delivery of a controlled substance in violation of § 195.211, RSMo Supp.1992, as an aider and abettor, and asserts the denial of his motion to acquit at the close of the State’s evidence was erroneous. Ruddy was sentenced to two concurrent five year sentences.

Ruddy lived in St. Joseph, Missouri and was a shopping mall manager. Also employed at the shopping mall was his friend Linda Fabiani (Fabiani), who dealt drugs. Fabiani, at the time pertinent to the case at bar, was temporarily housing her dog at Ruddy’s home.…