Legal Opinion
Gerald Mastracchio v. Lieutenant Angelo Ricci and Providence Police Department
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 24, 1974No. 74-1045PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This is a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages against the Providence, Rhode Island Police Department and against a then Sergeant Ricci, a member of that department, based upon the allegation that defendant Ricci committed perjury during the state court trial in which plaintiff was convicted of murder. Because plaintiff's appeal of his conviction to the Rhode Island Supreme Court “raised like issues as have been raised in the instant matter”, the federal suit was stayed by the district court by agreement of…
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