STATE v. HARPER

No. 56881.

222 N.W.2d 450 (1974)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Norman HARPER, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. McKnight, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., David M. Dryer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray A. Fenton, County Atty., for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and MASON, RAWLINGS, LeGRAND and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

Defendant was charged with the crime of "bootlegging as defined in Section 123.59 of the 1971 Code of Iowa." After trial resulting in a jury verdict of guilty, he was sentenced to imprisonment in Polk County jail for a term not to exceed 365 days. He appeals from this sentence and we reverse.

Leon Franklin Washington, a police officer from Davenport, was brought to Des Moines as an undercover agent. He testified that about 1:30 A.M. on...

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