State v. Rockhold

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Defendant, Edward Dudley Rockhold, appeals from judgment entered on jury verdict finding him guilty of possessing a controlled substance in violation of Section 204.401, The Code 1975. We reverse.

May 2, 1975, an information for search warrant, executed by Detective Kenneth R. Beaird as a self-declared “credible resident of Keokuk, Lee County”, was presented to Magistrate Herbert E. Sandidge, Sr. This information stated, in essence:

“On the afternoon of March 7, 1975 S/A Robert Johstono conducted an undercover drug purchase from the above described residence consisting of ½…