State v. Bufalo

McMILLIAN, Judge.

Defendant Patrick Michael Búfalo appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis finding him guilty of the unlawful sale of a Schedule II Controlled Substance, hydromorphone, also called dilaudid, § 195.-200(1), (4), RSMo 1969. The jury assessed a term of seven (7) years imprisonment. For reversal defendant argues that (1) the trial court erred in orally giving an instruction to the jury during closing arguments instead of in writing, (2) the trial court erred in returning a written answer in response to a question submitted…