Legal Opinion

State v. Sundel

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 2, 1983No. 82-220-M.PPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

We have issued our common-law writ of certiorari to review the defendants’ claim that a Superior Court justice erred when he denied their motion to dismiss an October 1981 two-count indictment that charged them with (1) conspiring to possess marijuana with an intent to deliver that substance and (2) possession of marijuana with an intent to deliver the same. The dismissal motion, which was based upon the constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy, can be better understood by a brief resume of the pertinent events that occurred in the Superior Court. Hereinafter…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. State v. SundelSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. GordonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
  2. Obert v. Republic Western InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2002
  3. Stamper v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Sundel v. Justices of the Superior CourtDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1983
  5. Stamper v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983

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