Brascomb v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of delivery of heroin (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 82-2617 (a) (1) (i) [Repl. 1976]) and assessed his punishment at 15 years imprisonment in the Department of Correction. For reversal appellant first contends that “the court erred in refusing to let the defense introduce evidence of the arrangement of the undercover officer and one Billy Lincoln whereby Lincoln would be compensated for getting people to sell drugs to the undercover officer.” An undercover police officer, Morfey, arranged to buy heroin from appellant through James “Jazz-bone” Barnes, who…