State v. Carlone

These cases are here on the state’s exceptions to certain rulings by a justice of the Superior Court. They were heard together in the Superior Court and, on appeal, in this court. Since the issues are the same in each case, we shall refer only to State v. Steven P. Carlone, but our conclusions shall apply equally to all the cases.

The defendant was secretly indicted by the grand jury without a probable cause hearing in the District Court. Indictment No. 70-252 charged him with unlawful sale of cannabis to a person under the age of twenty-one years in violation of G. L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment)…