State v. Schlagel

HENRY I. EAGER, Special Commissioner.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the sale of a quantity of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, commonly known as LSD. The jury fixed his punishment at imprisonment for ten years and he was so sentenced. He has duly appealed after the overruling of his motion for a new trial. He was represented at trial and is represented here by employed counsel. Since the appeal was filed before January 1, 1972, we have jurisdiction.

John J. Philpott, a State Highway Patrolman, was assigned to work undercover in an investigation of drug sales in Clay County. He grew a beard…