State v. Marrapese

In May 1970, the Grand Jury for the Counties of Providence and Bristol returned two indictments against the defendant Frank L. Marrapese, Jr. The first indictment charged Marrapese with conspiring with James It. Harris and Harry L. Gantz to commit larceny. The second indictment charged Marrapese and Gantz with receiving stolen goods. The cases were consolidated for a jury trial in Superior Court. The jury returned guilty verdicts on both indictments. Motions for a new trial were denied and the case is before us on an appeal 1 in which Marrapese claims that the trial justice erred on three…