State v. McCaw

CRIST, Judge.

Appeal from convictions for sale of a controlled substance (cocaine), and unlawful use of a weapon. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the cocaine charge, and to five years’ imprisonment for *604unlawful use of a weapon, the sentences to run consecutively. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Defendant engaged in a series of four illegal cocaine transactions with an undercover member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He was arrested at the Best Western Motel in Jefferson City, just after the consumation of the fourth sale, when defendant sold 26 ounces of cocaine,…