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State v. Tribble

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided April 29, 1981No. 79-139-C.APublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

As darkness approached in the late afternoon of December 15, 1976, the defendant, Bernard A. Tribble (Tribble) shot and killed Michael Wilson (Wilson) at the comer of West Broadway and Kingston Avenue in the city of Newport. The next day Tribble, accompanied by his lawyer, turned himself in to the Newport police. On March 29, 1977, a Newport County grand jury indicted Tribble on one count of murder in the first degree. 1 At trial, a justice of the Superior Court granted defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the murder count. However, the state was allowed to…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. People v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. AmosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. United States v. James H. BurksCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  5. State v. JacobySupreme Court of Iowa · 1977

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. State v. HallenbeckSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
  2. State v. WallerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  3. Commonwealth v. FontesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  4. State v. LindeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
  5. Mosby v. DevineSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004

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