Legal Opinion
State v. Benton
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 15, 1980No. 79-153-C.APublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Joseph L. Benton, was charged by indictment of murder (count 1) and assault with intent to murder (count 2). After a trial before a jury in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree on count 1 and assault with a dangerous weapon, a lesser included offense under count 2. The defendant appeals.
During the early evening of September 19, 1977, Arthur E. Pine saw defendant engage Rubin Carmona (Carmona) and Victor Ortiz (Ortiz) on a service road off Notre Dame Avenue, near the Prospect Heights shopping center in…
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