Eppinger v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Preston Eppinger was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. He enumerates five errors on appeal.

This case arose after a confidential informant and Sergeant Duncan, an undercover member of a special high risk strike force, completed several controlled buys in different locations. At their final destination, the informant entered an apartment while Duncan watched from his car. When the informant returned with cocaine he had purchased, he told Duncan that the seller was expecting his supplier to…