Smith v. State

RATLIFF, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The defendant-appellant, James E. Smith, was tried and convicted of dealing in a Schedule I controlled substance 1 (LSD) in a jury trial in the Lawrence County Superi- or Court, Smith was subsequently sentenced to ten years and now appeals his conviction. We affirm.

FACTS

On October 25, 1980, Officer Ronald Cog-well of the Indiana State Police and John Edwards, an investigator for the Lawrence County Prosecutor's Office, were meeting to discuss an ongoing investigation of illegal drug sales. During their meeting Cog-well received a telephone call from an…