PETTIT v. STATE

No. 871S238.

281 N.E.2d 807 (1972)

James PETTIT, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Brant, II, Public Defender for Wayne Circuit Court, Richmond, Ind., for appellant; Harlan, Schussler & Keller, Richmond, Ind., of counsel.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, William D. Bucher, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for appellee.


GIVAN, Justice.

Appellant was charged by indictment in two counts: Count 1. Sale of heroin and Count 2. Possession of heroin. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged in Count 1. Appellant was fined $2,000 and costs and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than five years nor more than twenty years.

The record reveals the following facts:

State's Witness Wood testified that he had purchased two glassene envelopes containing...

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