STATE v. NELSEN

No. 11409.

228 N.W.2d 143 (1975)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Douglas NELSEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

March 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Kabeiseman, Brady, Kabeiseman, Light & Reade, Yankton, for defendant and appellant.

Robert A. Wichser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief, Kermit A. Sande, Atty. Gen., Pierre, Larry F. Hosmer, State's Atty., Yankton, for plaintiff and respondent.


WINANS, Justice.

Defendant-appellant was charged with three counts of unlawfully distributing a controlled substance, Lysergic Acid Diethyl-amide (LSD), on three separate occasions in July of 1972.

The State's primary witness, Keith Brown, a paid undercover agent, testified that he had purchased LSD from Defendant on July 12, 15 and 17 of 1972. He had come to Yankton, South Dakota in June, at the request of local authorities to investigate drug abuse and related...

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