Legal Opinion
State v. Whitney
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 6, 1968PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, C. J.
On April 6, 1965, Russell M. Whitney was charged with having under his control certain narcotic drugs in violation of § 19-246 of the General Statutes. A jury found him guilty as charged, and he assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to set aside that verdict.
The facts are substantially as follows: A known narcotics user, Carmen Parisi, agreed to cooperate with state and federal authorities in the investigation of illegal narcotics activities and proceeded to work with two federal agents. One method of investigation used by the agents was to take Parisi around the Norwalk area in an…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- Lawrence R. Kadis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. CarrSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1977
- State v. HagemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
- State v. MenilloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- State v. MathesonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. FineSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
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