State v. Tanner

The defendant, Dale Tanner, was convicted of delivering marijuana and was sentenced to from one to five years in the State penitentiary. On appeal he makes three assignments of error: (1) that the trial court erred in refusing to allow defense counsel an opportunity to inspect an investigation report prepared by the State’s principal witness; (2) that the court indicated prejudice against the defendant’s case during closing argument; and (3) that the trial judge improperly denied him probation on the basis of an incomplete investigation report and improperly refused to make that report a part…