State v. Marzilli

A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of the murder of his wife and her child. The trial justice denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The defendant appealed to this court. Oral arguments were heard by us on November 10, 1972. The defendant died on January 23, 1973.

His father has filed a petition in which he alleges that he is the deceased’s next of kin and asks that we enter a decision and order in this case. The state opposed the pe tition and moved that the appeal be dismissed as being moot. We heard oral arguments on the father’s petition and the state’s motion.

At oral…