State v. Ealy

DIXON, Judge.

Defendant appeals a judgment and conviction upon a jury verdict of guilty of three counts of sale of a controlled substance, § 195.020 RSMo 1978. The sentence was for five years on each count to run concurrently. The controlling issue requiring reversal is the defendant’s claim that the trial court erred in overruling a challenge for cause to a juror.

Only a brief statement of facts is required. The state’s evidence consisted of testimony by an undercover police officer and a chemist employed by the police laboratory. The policeman testified that he accompanied an informant to an…