Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 3, 1980No. 78-219-C.APublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
This is a criminal appeal in which the defendant was tried before a jury in the Superior Court for two violations of G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) § 21-28-4.-01(A)(2)(a), as enacted by P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2, unlawful possession with intent to deliver and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, heroin, listed in § 21-28-2.08, schedule l(cXlO). 1 At trial the defendant did not seriously contest that he committed the crimes charged but contended that he was the victim of a government entrapment that expiates his crimes.
According to defendant’s version of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. PrattSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
- State v. VerrecchiaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
- Bowser v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Lambeth v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- Cooley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
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