Legal Opinion
State v. Patriarca
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 20, 1973No. 1566-Ex. &cPublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, C. J.
It appears that at about 2:30 on the afternoon of Saturday, April 20, 1968, Rudolph Marfeo and Anthony Melei were shot to death while shopping in a market on Pocasset Avenue in the city of Providence. Apparently, it was Marfeo’s custom to shop for groceries in that market on Saturday afternoons, and while he and Melei were in the market two masked gunmen entered and shot them both.
Thereafter, on June 2, 1969, as a result of these homicides three indictments were returned by the grand jury. Indictment No. 69-769 charged the appellant here, Raymond L. S. Patriarca, with conspiring to murder…
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