State v. Forshee

STEWART, Justice:

Defendant appeals from a conviction under § 58-37-8, Utah Code Annotated (1953), as amended, which prohibits distribution for value of a controlled substance — a third-degree felony. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to require an undercover officer to disclose the name of an informant upon defendant’s request.

In presenting its case the State produced a witness, Deputy Whittaker, to whom the alleged sale of marijuana was made. He began working as an undercover officer in April of 1978. On the 21st of that month, he…