State v. Benson

GREENE, Presiding Judge.

Bruce Wayne Benson, after waiver of jury trial, was court-tried and convicted of selling marijuana, a controlled substance, in violation of § 195.020,1 and was thereafter sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Benson’s appeal followed. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not questioned. It suffices to say that the evidence conclusively proved that on April 13, 1984, in Butler County, Missouri, Benson sold approximately 3.6 grams of marijuana to Richard Hursey, a member of the Missouri Highway Patrol, who was working undercover in the…