State v. Smith

Defendant was indicted for and convicted by a jury of possessing heroin contrary to ORS 167.207.① He appeals from the judgment of conviction.

The indictment arose from an attempted purchase of heroin by an undercover agent of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office on July 19, 1973. On that date the agent arranged to purchase a quantity of heroin and agreed to meet at a certain residence in Portland to consummate the transaction. At the time set for the meeting the agent was waiting in the bedroom of the house when a man identified as the de*41fendant arrived. When defendant learned that the buyer…