Bonner v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

Defendant Wayne Bonner was convicted of dealing in cocaine, a Class A felony. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Bonner v. State (1994), Ind.App., 641 N.E.2d 634. We now grant the defendant's petition for transfer. In his appeal, the defendant alleges three errors: (1) improper admission of hearsay evidence; (2) improper admission of testimony assuming facts not in evidence; and (3) improper admission of opinion testimony. The first issue is dispositive.

The Elkhart County Drug Task force received a tip that the defendant was dealing drugs and thereafter began a surveillance of…