State v. Mainelli

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This is the state’s appeal from a Superior Court judge’s order granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss an indictment that charged the defendant with three counts of violating G.L. 1956 (1984 Reenactment) § 36-14-16 and § 36-14-18, this state’s conflict-of-interest law. We overrule the trial judge and reinstate the original indictment and agree with the state’s contention that the prosecutor’s remarks during the grand-jury proceedings were not sufficiently prejudicial as to warrant a dismissal of the indictment in light of a prior District Court adjudication. The…