STATE v. SHUPE

No. 14136.

554 P.2d 1322 (1976)

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Vickie Lynn SHUPE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. McCaughey, Salt Lake Legal Defender Assn., Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice:

In a trial to the court Vickie Shupe was convicted of the offense of selling narcotic drugs.1 She contends that the evidence does not support her conviction because it indicates that she was induced to commit the crime by an undercover narcotics agent of the Salt Lake police; and that she was thus herself acting as their agent.

On the night of July 16, 1974, an undercover drugs investigator, Carolyn McPhee, was...

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