State v. Harris

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Ernest Harris was convicted of two counts of Distribution of a Controlled Substance in violation of SDCL § 22-42-2. He appeals, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting audio recordings of the two controlled buys of crack cocaine into evidence and by providing the jury with an aiding and abetting instruction. We affirm the trial court.

BACKGROUND

[¶ 2.] In June 2008, a confidential informant working with the Sioux Falls Area Drug Task Force arranged to make a controlled buy of crack cocaine from Harris. Detective Thomas Schmitz of the Sioux Falls…