Whyte v. State

Ignatius N. Whyte was convicted by a jury of the possession and control of narcotics. On appeal he claims insufficiency of the evidence and entrapment by the police. Both contentions are without merit.

A member of the narcotics squad, having searched a “special employee” (known as “Dukey”) and finding no money or narcotics in his possession, gave him money with which to make a purchase. The officer, in plain clothes, while following the special employee and defendant, saw the employee give the defendant money and saw the defendant walk into a school yard, leaving the employee in the street.…