State v. Montella

This is an indictment charging the defendants Anthony Montella, Armando Sementelli, Guido Proia, and William Spirito with 'conspiracy to violate the election laws. They were found guilty, by a jury in the superior court and their motions for a new trial were denied by the trial justice. Thereafter each defendant was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the adult correctional institutions. The case is now before us on the defendants’ exceptions to the refusal of the- trial justice to grant a directed verdict, to the denial of their motions for a new trial, and to certain other rulings…