State v. Knox

Foth, C.J.:

Mike Knox appeals from his conviction by a jury of one count of the sale of marijuana and one count of possession of marijuana. He raises two major arguments, each affecting one of the two charges. Although the charges arise out of separate incidents, the underlying facts are intertwined and will be recounted together.

Both charges grew out of the activities of one J. Joaquin Padilla, an undercover agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation assigned to investigate drug activities in the Cloud County area in late 1977 and early 1978. Padilla engaged the services of a local resident…