Fearrin v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Paul Fearrin appeals his conviction of one count of dealing in a controlled substance, a Class B felony.

We reverse.

Because we decide this appeal on only one of Fearrin's seven issues, that of the sufficiency of the evidence, we need only set out the facts pertaining to the controlled buy. Those facts favorable to the verdict show that Mark Wilbanks was tapped by state police and Boone County authorities to work undercover introducing police to area drug dealers. One afternoon in August, 1986, State Trooper Blackburn searched Wilbanks, equipped him with a…