State v. Padula

OPINION

PAY, Chief Justice.

This case comes before the Supreme Court on an appeal by the defendant Angelo Padula. On May 22, 1987, a Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of three violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, G.L.1956 (1982 Reenactment) § 21-28-4.01, as amended by P.L. 1985, ch. 154, § 1 (the act). 1 The charges consisted of three counts of unlawful delivery of cocaine. The defendant appeals from the motion justice’s ruling that the act is constitutional and from the trial justice’s failure to sanction the state for violations of Rule 16 of the Superior Court…