State v. Masengill

LOCKWOOD, Justice:

George Masengill, the defendant, was found guilty of the unlawful sale of narcotics, to wit heroin and was sentenced to a term of from five to seven years in the Arizona Prison. Defendant now appeals from his conviction and sentence.

Viewed in a light most strongly in favor of upholding the decision of the trial court, State v. Manis, 95 Ariz. 27, 386 P.2d 77 (1963), the facts of the case are as . follows. On January 12, 1971 an undercover narcotics agent from the Tucson Police Department visited the apartment of a confidential police informer. Defendant and another person…