State v. Butler

CRANE, Chief Judge.

A jury found Troy Butler guilty of trafficking drugs in the second degree in violation of § 195.223 RSMo 1994, possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) in violation of § 195.202, and possession of drug paraphernalia in violation of § 195.233. The jury failed to reach a verdict on two additional counts of possession of a controlled substance, resulting in a mistrial on these counts. The trial court found Butler to be a prior offender and a prior drug offender and sentenced him to fifteen years imprisonment on each of the trafficking and cocaine possession counts and…