Webber v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, to-wit: marihuana. The punishment was assessed at five years.

The appellant, a college student, entered a plea of guilty before a jury and made application for probation.

The judgment will be reversed.

The evidence introduced showed that a police informer (a student) came to the appellant’s apartment where the appellant and others published an “underground” newspaper. The police informer, using an assumed name, had been to the appellant’s apartment several times to buy a newspaper and to get…