State v. Gendreau

This is an indictment which charges the defendant with the April 21, 1965 murder in Little Compton of 18-year-old Anne C. Brownell. The defendant was taken into custody by the state police and interrogated on April 23, 1965. On the next day he was brought before the First District Court in Newport to answer a charge of murder. The district court judge appointed counsel to represent the defendant and a not guilty plea was entered at this time. The Newport County grand jury was then reconvened by the presiding justice of the Superior Court at the specific request of the then attorney general.…