Granville v. State

CAREY, Justice:

Nathan Granville, the appellant, was convicted in Superior Court of selling heroin, in violation of 16 Del.C. § 4725. In this appeal, he raises three contentions: (1) the act which he committed is not punishable under § 4725 because he was acting as a procuring agent for the buyer; (2) the defense of entrapment bars his conviction ; and (3) there was error in the charge in the Court’s refusal to instruct the jury that they must be satisfied of his guilt to the utmost certainty.

On September 3, 1970, a police officer, dressed as a “hippie,” rode a motorcycle to 7th and Tatnall…