Legal Opinion
State v. Souza
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 22, 1972No. 77-EX. &cPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, C. J.
This is an indictment charging Anthony Joseph Souza and Louis A. Camerlin with the murder of Carlton G. MacDougald. The defendants were tried to a jury in the Superior Court and were found guilty of murder in the first degree. The defendant Souza is now prosecuting a bill of exceptions in this court.
The evidence discloses that late in the evening of August 4, 1964, two young men, their faces partially masked with handkerchiefs and one of whom carried a gun, entered a package store on Park Avenue in the city of Cranston operated by Mr. MacDougald. In the store at that time was Michael J.…
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