State v. Winters

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Appeal from judgment and sentence to eight years’ imprisonment, imposed under Second Offender Act, upon jury verdict, finding Loren Winters guilty of selling amphetamine, a controlled substance.

On November 14, 1972, an undercover agent of the Jefferson City Police Department told other officers that he had arrangements to make a purchase of “speed.” The undercover agent and other officers met at a Jefferson City motel, where the agent was “strip searched,” his money taken from him and he was given a $20 bill. A radio transmitter was taped to the agent’s back.

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