State v. Castillo

OPINION

ROLL, Judge.

Appellant Tom Castillo was convicted by a jury of one count of unlawful sale of a narcotic drug and sentenced to 10.5 years’ incarceration. He now appeals that conviction.

FACTS

Two Tucson Police Department officers assigned to the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad testified that they had contact with Castillo between February and June of 1985, and that on June 5, 1985, Castillo sold them two papers of heroin for $40.00. Because the sale took place as part of an undercover investigation, Castillo was not indicted until February 20, 1986. On April 2,1985, Castillo had been…