State v. Burns

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Mark S. Burns, who was indicted for two separate statutory burnings, both in violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-4-2. Prior to trial, the defendant filed a motion to suppress his confession and a motion to sever the two indictments for trial. The trial justice denied both motions. Upon completion of the trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and judgment of conviction was entered on one of the statutory-burning indictments; 1 the defendant appeals from that judgment. 2

The record discloses that on November…