STATE v. ROCHA

No. 15869.

600 P.2d 543 (1979)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Rosendo C. ROCHA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Van Sciver, Edward K. Brass, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

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


HALL, Justice:

Defendant appeals his bench trial conviction of possession of heroin with intent to distribute it for value.1

The record supports the following abstract of facts: Detective Sergeant Michael Hanks of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, a specialist in narcotics enforcement, received information from three separate informers that heroin was being sold by two "Mexicans" on Lincoln Street in Salt Lake City. The first...

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