Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Earnest SOUTHERN, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2000-01-25
Citations: 10 S.W.3d 580
Docket Number: No. ED 75345
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Earnest SOUTHERN, Appellant.
Judges: Before GARY M. GAERTNER, P.J., PAUL J. SIMON, J., and JAMES R. DOWD, J.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 10
Pages: 580–580

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Earnest SOUTHERN, Appellant.
No. ED 75345.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
Jan. 25, 2000.
Rosalynn Koch, Asst. Public Defender, Columbia, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Stacy L. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before GARY M. GAERTNER, P.J., PAUL J. SIMON, J., and JAMES R. DOWD, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Earnest Southern, ("defendant"), appeals the judgment of conviction entered by the Circuit Court of Madison County after a jury found him guilty of three counts of sale of a controlled substance, section 195.211, RSMo 1994. The trial court sentenced defendant as a prior offender to three consecutive ten-year terms of imprisonment. We affirm.
In his sole point on appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in allowing a Missouri Highway Patrol officer to testify that he received information that defendant was involved in narcotics trafficking. We disagree.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties, the legal file, and the transcripts, and find no error of law. As an extended opinion would serve no jurisprudential purpose, we affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 80.25(b).