State v. Bailey

WILKINS, Justice:

Defendant appeals from his conviction, after a trial by jury in the District Court of Salt Lake County, of distribution of a controlled substance for value, in violation of § 58-37-8(l)(a). (All statutory references are to Utah Code Ann., 1953, as amended.)

On September 28, 1976, Donald Bird, a University of Utah Police Officer and Special Deputy for the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s office, was working undercover in the Fourth Quarter Lounge in Salt Lake City under the direction of the Narcotics Division of the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s of*766fice. Officer Bird testified that he…