State v. Glass

The defendant was indicted and tried for unlawfully selling “a narcotic drug, to wit, Heroin,” in violation of G. L. 1956, §21-28-32, as amended by P. L. 1962, chap. 110, sec. 1. He was found guilty by a jury in the Superior Court. After his motion for a new trial was denied, he brought his bill of exceptions to this court.

On March 30, 1967, Malcolm T. Brown, a member of the Providence Police Department, was serving as a narcotic inspector with the department’s C-Squad. On that day, while working as an undercover agent, he arranged, with the assistance of an informer, to meet the defendant at…