Shadden v. State

OLIVER, Judge.

OPINION

Convicted of unlawful possession of marijuana and sentenced to imprisonment in the Knox County Workhouse for 11 months and 29 days, defendant Paul Shad-den has duly perfected an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this Court.

Although the defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant and support the verdict, we consider it appropriate to set out a brief summary of the material facts appearing in the trial record. On August 19, 1971 about 8:15 p. m., Layron Doyal, a member of the Knoxville Police Department working as an undercover agent, was…