Collard v. State

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

James Collard was convicted of selling Lysergic Acid. Diethylamide (LSD) to an undercover agent of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and was sentenced to serve not less than five nor more than seven years in the state penitentiary and was fined $1,000.00. The Court of Criminal Appeals, by a split decision affirmed the conviction. The disagreement in the Court of Criminal Appeals was limited to the action of the trial court in allowing the state to cross-examine defendant as to the use of drugs and defense witnesses as to their knowledge of the use of drugs in…