State v. Eldridge

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

This is an appeal as a matter of right by Murfin Eldridge from his conviction for selling a Schedule II controlled substance, phenmetrazine, in violation of T.C.A. § 39-6-417. Appellant received a sentence of four years imprisonment and a fine of $5,000. Appellant presents two issues for review, both dealing with the State’s use of an informant in this case.

ISSUE I. Whether the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motions to suppress introduction into evidence of a taped telephone conversation and evidence obtained as a result thereof on the ground the informant’s…