Friar v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The appellant, Larry Friar (Friar), was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance, cocaine, after a bench trial in Craighead County Circuit Court and sentenced to forty-five years imprisonment. His sentenced was enhanced due to four previous convictions. We affirm.

Ruby “Touche” Gray (Gray) worked as a confidential informant in 1991 for the Arkansas State Police. On August 7, 1991 he had a meeting with law enforcement officers at Arkansas State Police Headquarters to arrange for a drug buy from Friar. Officer Danny Smith, Jr. testified that he searched Gray…