State v. Smith

Defendant appeals his conviction by a Rosebud County jury for felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs. We affirm.

On December 1, 1981, defendant applied for a $2,000 loan with the Cheyenne Western Bank in Ashland, Montana. Smith told bank personnel that the loan was to repay his parents for money they had lent him. The loan was granted on December 3, 1981, and that day Smith sent a Western Union money order in the amount of $3,900 to his brother, Nathan, in Florida. He paid a $60 fee to Western Union for sending the money order. A bank loan officer testified that even with the loan Smith…