State v. Carsetti

On December 8, 1969, the defendant, Emil J. Carsetti, was convicted in the Superior Court on a charge of statutory burning and was sentenced to serve a term of *67115 years. On August 2, 1973 this court declared that conviction void and ordered that it be vacated. Carsetti v. Howard, 112 R.I. 116, 308 A.2d 347 (1973). A few months after his release, the defendant was charged with breaking and entering a building in the nighttime with intent to commit larceny, and on that ground he was brought before the Superior Court as an alleged violator of a February 28, 1969 deferred sentence agreement. On…