State v. Smith

WOLLMAN, Justice.

Steven Smith appeals from a judgment of conviction based on a jury verdict finding him guilty of distribution of one-half pound or more of marijuana (SDCL 22-42-7). We affirm.

An informant was hired by the Aberdeen Police Department to assist in making a drug buy between appellant and a drug enforcement agent. Although appellant and the informant had worked together for a few months and appellant had hired the informant to paint his house, appellant testified that he knew the informant only by his nickname. After at least three incidents of asking appellant to sell marijuana,…