State v. Segovia

McFADDEN, Chief Justice.

Chick Segovia, also known as Florentino Segovia, the appellant was charged with the felony of illegal possession of a narcotic drug (marijuana). He stood trial before a jury, was found guilty and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of five years. He appealed from this judgment of conviction.

On December 29, 1967, an informer, who had worked in narcotics cases with the Boise City Police Department on past occasions, advised officer John Cobley that he could purchase marijuana from Chick Segovia. The informer and officer Cobley drove to the vicinity of…