State v. Hansen

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

HOWE, Justice:

Defendant appeals from his jury conviction of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute for value, a third degree felony, in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 58-37-8(l)(a)(ii). He claims four errors: (1) insufficiency of the evidence, (2) improperly admitted opinion testimony, (3) the court’s failure to give a “reasonable alternative hypothesis” instruction to the jury, and (4) insufficiency of the affidavit supporting the issuance of the search warrant.

Acting on a tip from a confidential informant that defendant was involved in…