Carter v. State

DUFFY, Justice:

Ernest H. Carter, Jr. (defendant) was convicted in the Superior Court of conspiring to promote the commission of a felony, namely, the delivery of a narcotic Schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), in violation of 11 Del.C. § 512, 1 and he has appealed asserting four grounds for reversal of the judgment.

I

The facts relevant to the appeal are as follows:

On October 25,1977, the Wilmington Bureau of Police had in place a court-ordered wiretap on a telephone located in the apartment of one Stanley D. Lum, a suspected drug dealer. In the early morning hours of that day, police…