Patriarca v. State

The petitioner, Raymond L. S. Patriarca, was tried before a judge and jury in the Superior Court on three indictments. One charged him with conspiracy to. murder, and two with being an accessory to a murder. The jury returned a guilty verdict on the conspiracy charge, but failed to agree on the accessory charges. Another jury at a second trial, however, found the petitioner not guilty of the accessory charges. The petitioner’s motion for a new trial on the conspiracy indictment was denied,. and on August 31, 1970, he was sentenced to a term of 10 years. On appeal we sustained that conviction.…