State v. Cross

The defendant, William James Cross, was secretly indicted.on December 19,-1973, for-two counts of the sale pf an hallucinogen (marijuana) on November . 13 and 14, Í973. The purchaser was not disclosed in the indictment, but at trial turned out to be a man named Leon Caver, an undercover agent for MEG (Metropolitan Enforcement Group).

Cross was not arrested on the indictment until November 19, 1974. He pled, not guilty at his arraignment on November 20, 1974, after counsel was appointed for him. Thereafter, on December 11, 1974, the defendant filed a notice of alibi, for November 13, 1973,…