Pettit v. State

Appellant was chained by indictment in two counts: Count 1. Sale of heroin and Count 2. Possession of heroin. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged in Count 1. Appellant was fined $2,000 and costs and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than five years nor more than twenty years.

The record reveals the following facts:

State’s Witness Wood testified that he had purchased two glassene envelopes containing a white powder from the appellant for $20. He testified that he dissolved the powder in water with the use of a “cooker” then placed it into a syringe, after…