State v. Mann

This is an appeal by the state from a judgment of the Superior Court granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss an information charging him with violation of the Controlled Substances Act (the Act). General Laws (1968 Reenactment) §§21-28-1.01 through 21-28-6.02 (Supp. 1976). The trial justice held that the state had failed to establish that the defendant had committed a criminal offense.

On April 16, 1976, while investigating a breaking and entering complaint at defendant’s residence in Warwick, police discovered a quantity of drugs, including some classified as controlled substances under…