State v. Kamrud

Defendant Robert A. Kamrud appeals from his conviction, following a jury trial, of the offense of criminal sale of dangerous drugs.

On March 9, 1979, John Nelson and Gary Gill were employed as undercover deputy sheriffs of Wheatland County to investigate possible drug sales and drug use in Harlowton, Montana. They set up a trailer at Clark’s Trailer Court on a space next to the defendant’s trailer and became friendly with the defendant. The officers assumed fictitious names, displayed and used marijuana, and also held parties to ingratiate themselves with persons suspected of selling or using…