STATE v. SMITH

No. 13602.

325 N.W.2d 304 (1982)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Steven Delano SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided October 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Kludt, Asst.Atty.Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and appellee; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty.Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Jeffrey T. Sveen of Siegel, Barnett & Schultz, Aberdeen, for defendant and appellant.


WOLLMAN, Justice.

Steven Smith appeals from a judgment of conviction based on a jury verdict finding him guilty of distribution of one-half pound or more of marijuana (SDCL 22-42-7). We affirm.

An informant was hired by the Aberdeen Police Department to assist in making a drug buy between appellant and a drug enforcement agent. Although appellant and the informant had worked together for a few months and appellant had hired the informant to paint his house...

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