State v. Wiley

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

The defendant, Lloyd Wiley (Wiley), was charged by indictment with the crime of robbery in violation of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-39-1. On February 18, 1988, a Superior Court jury, after a four-day trial, found Wiley guilty. Wiley now appeals, raising two issues. The facts of the case are as follows.

On the evening of December 24, 1984, the victim, Beatrice Cocroft, attended a party at the YMCA in Newport, Rhode Island. Upon leaving the event, she began to walk home. As she approached the corner of West Main Road and Stockton Drive in Middletown, a man came up…