State v. Davis

The appellant, Greg Davis, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Wood County for delivery of a controlled substance (marihuana) in violation of W.Va. Code §60A-4-401. He appeals to this Court, alleging that the State failed to lay a proper foundation for admission of the marihuana into evidence against him.

The evidence in the case discloses the following sequence of events. During the late evening hours of October 17, 1975, one Bert Greg Foutty, an informant for the Wood County Sheriffs Department, went to an establish ment known as “The Wheel Club” in Parkersburg for the purpose of…