Howard v. State

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Vernon Percy Howard was tried and convicted under an indictment which charged him with selling heroin on February 2, 1970, to John Allen Brown in violation of AS 17.10.010.

Brown was the principal prosecution witness. He testified that on February 2, 1970, he asked Howard for heroin, that Howard said he did not have any with him but might be able to obtain some, and that Howard told him to go to Howard’s apartment. Brown further testified that he and his financee, Carmelia Link, went to Howard’s apartment on February 2, 1970, to obtain heroin. There they were…