Legal Opinion
State v. Amaro
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 6, 1982No. 81-38-M.PPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
On February 21, 1979, an automobile driven by the defendant, William Amaro, collided with a vehicle driven by Kathleen Kenney, who was nine-months pregnant at the time. Immediately after the accident Mrs. Kenney was taken to Newport Hospital where she delivered a stillborn female fetus.
On September 11, 1979, defendant was charged by information with violating G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 31-27-1, as amended by P.L.1978, ch. 208, § 2, the Rhode Island vehicular-homicide statute. On November 14, 1979, defendant filed a motion to dismiss the information. The trial…
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