People v. Habel

Appellant was convicted by a jury of illegally delivering heroin in violation of the Controlled Substances Act of 1971, 1 and appeals. Facts adduced at trial indicate that appellant and Roosevelt Nabors, a police informant, made each other’s acquaintance at an alleged "dope pad”. As a result of this meeting and subsequent friendship, Nabors asked appellant if he would sell some heroin to a friend. After some preliminary questions, appellant readily agreed to do so. The "friend” was Detective Sergeant Donald Fuller, who had come to Muskegon to "make narcotics cases”. The transaction proceeded…