State v. Bacon

Indictment charging the defendant with a sale on November 21, 1972, of a controlled drug, namely marijuana, in violation of RSA 318-B:2 (Supp. 1973). Trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty. Defendant’s exceptions, including that to the denial of his motion to set aside the verdict on several grounds, were reserved and transferred by Morris, J.

In the evening of the above date, the defendant agreed to and did meet two strangers in the hallway below his second-floor apartment. They were in fact two State police officers dressed as “hippies” in the role of undercover agents. The meeting…