TURNER v. STATE

No. 1846.

515 P.2d 384 (1973)

James C. TURNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Burke, Asst. Public Defender, Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Monroe N. Clayton, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

The sole question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to give a cautionary instruction concerning the testimony of an undercover police narcotics agent.

Appellant was charged with one count of sale of a stimulant drug. At trial the state's case consisted primarily of the testimony of Jimmie Lee Patterson, an undercover police agent. Patterson testified to a transaction which took place at Fairbanks...

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