State v. Stone

HALL, Justice:

Defendant appeals a jury verdict and judgment which found him guilty of the crime of unlawful distribution for value of a controlled substance.1

Trial was held on January 15 and 16, 1980. The state first called as a witness Officer James Burns of the Salt Lake City Police Department. Burns testified that he worked with narcotics investigations in the Special Investigations Division of the Department. He further testified that on the morning of June 13,1979, he was informed by Detective Ron Nelson that a person was coming to the station who claimed to know of a man who engaged in…