State v. Manrique

Defendant was convicted of criminal activity in drugs for the sale of heroin to an undercover police officer in Portland, in violation of ORS 167.207. He appealed on the ground that the trial court erred in permitting the state to introduce evidence of prior sales of heroin.

The state offered the testimony of an undercover police officer that on May 13, 1973, he came in contact with defendant and inquired whether defendant knew where he could get some “stuff”; that defendant said that he did and asked for $12, which was paid to him; that defendant left for about five minutes and then returned,…