State v. Bramlett

CLARK, Judge.

Gary W. Bramlett was found guilty by a jury of the offense of sale of a controlled substance and was sentenced to the minimum term of five years provided by § 195.-200(4), RSMo 1978. In this appeal, Bram-lett challenges rulings by the trial court on objections to evidence and to argument by the prosecuting attorney as well as the exclusion of evidence proffered by the defense. In this discussion of trial error, only a brief recitation of the facts in evidence is required.

In February, 1980, one Cartmill, a deputy sheriff in Clay County, was operating undercover procuring evidence…