State v. Karathanos

The HON. FRANK E. BLAIR, District Judge,

sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE CASTLES, delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this cause defendant, Nicholas Arthur Karathanos, was charged with the criminal sale of dangerous drugs in Yellowstone County and was convicted by a jury on March 30, 1971. On April 13, 1971, he was sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for a period of twenty years. Shortly thereafter, defendant was admitted to bail in the sum of $15,000, which was furnished. On June 1, 1971, defendant appealed.

Substantially the facts in this case are:

Defendant is 32 years of age,…