State v. Felkins

BILLINGS, Judge.

A Barry County jury deliberated for less than an hour in finding defendant Billy Charles Felkins guilty of the sale of a controlled substance [62 pounds of marijuana], in violation of § 195.020, RSMo 1978, and fixing his punishment at 30 years imprisonment. In this appeal he contends that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of other offenses by him, his tendered definitional instructions should have been given, and the evidence failed to establish a “sale” of the forbidden substance and the court should have entered a judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

The verdict was…