State v. Bourdeau

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

In January 1981, a violation hearing was held before a justice of the Superior Court. The trial justice found that the defendant, Roland E. Bourdeau, Jr., had violated the terms of his deferred and suspended sentences previously imposed on October 5, 1978. The defendant appeals, contending that, in finding a violation, the trial justice acted arbitrarily and capriciously.

At the hearing, the complaining witness’s testimony indicated that on December 19, 1980, she left her place of employment in Seekonk, Massachusetts, at approximately 11 p. m. and drove to…