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State v. Mercier

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 5, 1980No. 79-441-C.APublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

The Administrative Adjudication Division (the division) of the Department of Trans portation occupies a portion of a building in Providence which also houses the Sixth District Court. On May 24, 1978, when Raymond A. Mercier (Mercier) came to the division to answer a complaint charging him with a violation of the Motor Vehicle Code, chances are he never had in mind what actually happened on that day. Suffice it to say that before the morning was over, Mercier had been arrested and charged with assaulting a Providence police officer, Amb-rose Federico (Federico), with…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. Nolan Ray WilliamsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  2. People v. GoolsbyMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
  3. United States v. James Edward Johnson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  4. People v. FranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
  5. Berfield v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. People v. CarterNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. State v. McGranahanSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  3. State v. D'ALOSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
  4. State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
  5. State v. JeremiahSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988

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