State v. Riley

KENNEDY, Judge.

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of trafficking drugs in the first degree, § 195.222.7(1), RSMo Supp.1992. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. He appeals.

Defendant attacks the sufSciency of the evidence to support his conviction of first degree trafficking, and to support the giving of the verdict-directing instruction. We have found that the evidence is sufficient to support both the conviction and the giving of the verdict-directing instruction. We take up the points at which defendant argues that the evidence fell short:

Defendant’s first point is that the…