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In Re John C.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided February 13, 1981No. 80-203-AppealPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

At approximately 3 p. m. on Friday, November 16,1979, Patrolman Thomas C. Cor-nicelli (Cornicelli) was on patrol in the Na-tick section of West Warwick when he received a radio message that a housebreak was “possibly in progress” at 77 Quaker Lane. Cornicelli was ordered to proceed to the Quaker Lane area. Further radio communications indicated that firearms were part of the loot.

While Cornicelli was leaving the Natick area, Detective Joseph M. Rossi (Rossi) was driving easterly along Route 117 to the West Warwick police headquarters in a patrol car that had been sent…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. JenisonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
  2. State v. PachecoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
  3. State v. TravisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
  4. State v. AdamsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
  5. State v. UseniaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1991

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