State v. Sartain

*651OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, CIRCUIT JUDGE

Defendant-appellant Nicholas Pimentel appeals from a judgment of conviction by a jury for having sold heroin and thereby committing the offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree in violation of § 712-1242 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

I

The State’s case primarily consisted of the undercover police officer who testified that he purchased $100 worth of heroin (“$100 paper”) from defendant, and the police chemist who confirmed that the purchased substance was heroin with a weight of 0.06 gram.

Defendant, while denying the sale to the…