State v. Dickson

Scott, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction following a jury trial in the Ramsey County District Court for distribution of heroin to one Beverly A. Johnson.

On October 14, 1973, Ms. Johnson, an informer for the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad (MANS), was given $290 by Detective Richard Kotasek to make a heroin purchase. After she received the money, Detective James Decowski and Officer Wayne Billings followed her and maintained surveillance in their cars outside Triviski’s Bar at Selby and St. Albans in St. Paul. Ms. Johnson entered the bar where she met Bobby Banner whom she had…