State v. Cortez

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

An information was filed in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, charging appellant Joe Raymond Cortez on two counts of unauthorized sale of narcotic drugs, heroin, a violation of A.R.S. § 36-1002.02. After trial, verdicts of guilty were returned by the jury on both counts. From the judgments of conviction and sentences, appellant brings this appeal.

He urges three grounds for reversal. First, that the quantity of heroin alleged to have been sold in Count Two was insufficient to constitute a useable quantity. This question was answered adversely to…