Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Date unavailable
State of Missouri vs. Semaj J. Foster
Semaj J. Foster appealed his convictions for drug trafficking, resisting arrest, and careless and imprudent driving. The trial court had convicted him after a jury trial, relying on a trooper's testimony regarding the identity of suspected controlled substances. The appellate court reversed Foster's drug trafficking convictions, finding the trooper's visual identification and a third-party comment insufficient to prove the substances were methamphetamine and crack cocaine beyond a reasonable doubt without laboratory analysis. The court affirmed the convictions for resisting arrest and careless driving.