State v. Laws

McFADDEN, Justice.

Ronald J. Laws, the defendant-appellant, was found guilty by a jury of the crime of sale of drugs by unauthorized person (I.C. § 37-3302 (b)), a felony, and was sentenced by the court to serve a term not to exceed five years in the state penitentiary. Following this judgment of conviction, the defendant moved for a new trial and for arrest of judgment. After an extended hearing on the motion, the court denied the defendant’s motion, and the defendant then appealed from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his motion.

The defendant makes two assignments of…