State v. O'Brien

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

These are two separate cases that have been consolidated because they present the same legal issue: whether a complaining witness has to appear personally before the Attorney General or one of his designated assistants before a defendant can be charged by information.

In case No. 80-114, the state filed a two-count information charging defendant Mary Ann Ciullo (Ciullo) with one count of assaulting Norma Jean Flemming (Flem-ming) with a dangerous weapon in violation of G.L.1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11 — 5—2 and with a second count of carrying a pistol without a license…