State v. Harris

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

The defendants, Harris and Saunders, were convicted by a jury of the crime of unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, namely, heroin. Saunders was granted probation upon the condition that she commit herself to an institution for treatment of her narcotic addiction. Harris was sentenced for the term provided by law to the Utah State Prison. Harris, alone, appeals.

The evidence adduced at the trial indicates that Edward Guy, an informer, and John P. Sutton, special agent for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, contacted defendant, Harris, upon several…