STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 1 CA-CR 396.

17 Ariz. App. 207 (1972)

496 P.2d 633

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. James S. WASHINGTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

May 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by William P. Dixon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Public Defender for Maricopa County by James H. Kemper, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


HAIRE, Chief Judge, Division 1.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of possession of heroin in violation of A.R.S. § 36-1002 (Supp. 1971-72) and from a sentence of not less than two nor more than three years. The relevant facts are as follows.

On July 16, 1970 three police officers, acting on a tip from an informant, approached the front of Top's Tavern on West Buckeye Road in Phoenix, Arizona. They had...

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