Legal Opinion
State v. Innis
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 9, 1978No. 75-333-C.APublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*643Doris, J.
The defendant, Thomas J. Inn is, was tried before a justice of the Superior Court, sitting with a jury, on an indictment charging him with murder, kidnapping and robbery.1 The jury returned verdicts of guilty on all three counts. The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and received concurrent sentences of 20 years for the kidnapping and 30 years for the robbery. The defendant appeals.
The case presented by the state at trial was built primarily on circumstantial evidence. The testimony revealed that defendant had been picked up by a taxi on the evening of…
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