State v. Distante

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered after the defendant, Carmino Distante, was adjudged guilty by a jury in Superior Court of conspiracy to commit robbery in violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-1-1.

The defendant had moved for a judgment of acquittal in accordance with Super. R. Crim. P. 29 after the state presented its case-in-chief. This motion was denied, as was the renewed motion for judgment of acquittal, after presentation of evidence by defendant. When the jury returned a verdict of guilty defendant moved for a new trial, and this motion was also denied. It…