Legal Opinion
State v. Baker
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 25, 1980No. 78-383-C.APublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Harvey Baker, was tried before a justice of the Superior Court for Providence County sitting with a jury on an indictment for murder, in violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-23-1, as amended by P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 5. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter of William Jackson, Jr. The trial justice denied defendant’s motion for a new trial and sentenced Baker to a term of twenty years' imprisonment, with ten years suspended. The defendant is now before us on appeal from the judgment of conviction.
On the morning of April…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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