State v. Deschamps

UDALL, Justice:

This is an appeal by Peter Deschamps from his conviction of furnishing or giving away marijuana for which he received a sentence of five years to five years and one day.

Defendant contends that reversible error was committed when the' trial court admitted the following testimony from the under-cover agent, which related to defendant’s smoking of marijuana, an offense other than the crime charged:

A. “Yes, sir. Defendant DeChamps asked me at that time if I minded if he ‘turned on,’ or ‘smoked up.’ ”

Defendant argues that this evidence, which indicated that he had smoked or was…