State v. Williams

KENNEDY, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted upon jury trial of two counts of selling marijuana, a controlled substance, § 195.020, RSMo 1983, and was sentenced by the court as a persistent offender to two consecutive 15-year terms of imprisonment, § 558.016, RSMo 1983.

The convictions of the defendant were had upon the testimony of an undercover informant by the name of Kim Elletson. Under the direction of the law enforcement officials of Livingston County, Ms. Elletson commenced her undercover work in and about Chillicothe on August 1, 1985. She was paid wages and expense money. She…