STATE v. FORD

No. 47687.

276 N.W.2d 178 (1979)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. William George FORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Kathy K. Rauenhorst, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Gary W. Flakne, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, David W. Larson and Lee W. Barry, Assts., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of two counts of unlawful possession of heroin and was sentenced to a maximum term of 5 years in prison. The main issues on this appeal from judgment are whether the court erred in refusing to order the prosecution to produce a government informant as a witness and whether the court properly handled a number of issues relating to the defense of entrapment...

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