STATE v. BETHEL

No. 38963.

569 S.W.2d 270 (1978)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Sharon Ann Marie BETHEL, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied July 14, 1978.

Application to Transfer Denied September 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McQuie & Deiter, Walter D. McQuie, Jr., Montgomery City, for appellant.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, John M. Morris, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Roy L. Richter, Pros. Atty., Montgomery City, for respondent.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from her conviction by a jury and resultant five year sentence for selling a controlled substance (marijuana) in violation of Section 195.020.1 We reverse and remand for new trial.

Defendant attacks the giving of MAI-CR 2.50, Character of Defendant Bearing on Guilt or Innocence, on the basis that it impliedly indicates there was evidence of defendant's bad character. We do not find the instruction...

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