State v. Delaurier

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

On November 2, 1983, a private citizen residing in Woonsocket telephoned the Woonsocket police department and made a rather unusual report. She related to the police that her son had been playing with the dial on her AM radio and had tuned in to what appeared to be a man discussing the sale of drugs. It sounded as if the man was speaking on the telephone. Two detectives were dispatched to her house. Upon arrival, the detectives listened to the woman’s AM radio, which had remained tuned to the same frequency, and heard what sounded like a telephone ringing. No one…