State v. Sams

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

On 16 March 2000, a jury found Teresa Ann Sams (“defendant”) guilty of selling and conspiring to sell cocaine during an undercover operation coordinated by the Asheville Police Department. At trial, Asheville police officer Danny Holden (“Officer Holden”) testified that he was working undercover on the evening of 2 July 1999 with Officer Joe Palmer (“Officer Palmer”). Wearing “plain clothes” and driving an unmarked vehicle, Officer Holden drove “up and down the streets [of Asheville] looking for people” from whom he could purchase cocaine. Officer Palmer was concealed…