State v. Dame

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

These consolidated cases come before us on the state’s petition and the defendant’s cross-petition for certiorari. The state seeks reversal of a Superior Court order granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial pursuant to Rule 33 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure. The defendant’s cross-petition requests a judgment of acquittal or an affirmance of the new-trial order. We affirm the trial justice’s decision. The relevant facts are as follows.

The defendant, Ronald Dame, was charged with first-degree arson in violation of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) §…