Smith v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Artlett Willis Smith, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with Intent to Distribute, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-82-5058, and was sentenced to six (6) years imprisonment. He now appeals.

The record establishes that at approximately noon on October 7, 1982, as Oklahoma City veteran police officers, Paul Taylor and Ron Bell, approached the intersection of N.E. 5th and Central in their patrol car, Officer Taylor observed two males seated on the front porch of a…