State v. Destefano

James J. Destefano (“Appellant”) was convicted of two counts of the Class B felony of distributing a controlled substance, violations of section 195.211. 1 Following a jury trial, Appellant was sentenced by the trial court to fifteen years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on each count with the sentences to run concurrently. 2 Appellant alleges two points of trial court error. He first takes umbrage -with the trial court’s admission of the entirety of an audio recording of a drug transaction which he contends included evidence of his bad character and irrelevant statements regarding…