Pointer v. State

The appellant, Pointer, was convicted as a third offender in two cases of the sale, possession, and control of a narcotic drug, after non-jury trials. He was sentenced to two concurrent fifteen year terms in the penitentiary.

The appellant’s first two contentions on this appeal are that he was entrapped by the federal narcotics officer who testified appellant sold him heroin twice, and that he was merely the agent of the officer so that his sale, possession and control of the drug were those of the officer. The officer’s testimony was that appellant approached him and asked whether he wanted…