Turner v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

James Calvin Turner was convicted of unlawful delivery of a controlled drug after he gave some Demerol to two narcotics agents in Ada. The delivery occurred after Turner received a telephone call from a man named Johnson, a drifter whom Turner had befriended. Prior to this drug transaction, Turner had arranged for Johnson to obtain room and board from Turner’s mother, a ceramic shop owner who had been disabled by an accident. In exchange, Johnson had agreed to assist Mrs. Turner in maintaining her business. Unbeknownst to Turner, Johnson was cooperating with the…