STATE v. HANSON

No. 12515.

278 N.W.2d 198 (1979)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Terry Lee HANSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Scully Wilbur, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Randolph F. Stiles of Hanson, Kaye, Stiles & Anderson, Mitchell, for defendant and appellant.


FOSHEIM, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of five separate counts of distributing marijuana. He raises several assignments of error. We hold that the trial court erred in refusing to grant defendant's motion for a sample of the marijuana so that independent testing could be done, and therefore reverse and remand for a new trial.

In August of 1977, the State employed Michael Allen Pfeiffer as an undercover narcotics agent to work in the Mitchell area. Pfeiffer...

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