STATE v. APT

No. 58140.

244 N.W.2d 801 (1976)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Robert APT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holmes, Ralph & Kutmus, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Ray A. Fenton, Polk County Atty., for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C.J., and LeGRAND, REES, UHLENHOPP and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

In this appeal defendant Robert Apt contends that a prosecution for violation of the controlled substances law must fail if the officer involved permits an informer to violate that law in an effort to ferret out drug abusers.

Officer William Mingles used paid informer Mary Priebnow to meet persons selling drugs illegally. At the trial of defendant, charged with delivery of and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, Priebnow...

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