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STATE v. FORT

No. 15197.

572 P.2d 1387 (1977)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Theodis FORT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Brown, Salt Lake Legal Def. Assn., Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen., William W. Barrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

HALL, Justice:

Appeal from conviction of the felony offense of distribution of a controlled substance for value.1

The prosecution of this case was the result of a "controlled buy" of heroin staged by police officers who furnished funds to an informant kept under surveillance. When the informant emerged from the premises he related having purchased heroin from a person called "Otis" and having been promptly forced by him to "shoot...

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