STATE v. SPARKS

No. 58490.

238 N.W.2d 777 (1976)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. James Allan SPARKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Benton, of Rex Darrah Law Office, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray A. Fenton, County Atty., for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for delivery of amphetamines in violation of § 204.401(1), The Code. The sole question presented is whether he was denied a fair trial by trial court rulings which permitted the prosecutor to ask him on cross-examination about the source of the drugs he admitted he delivered. We affirm the trial court because we do not find he was denied a fair trial.

Defendant's theory of defense was entrapment...

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