Legal Opinion

State v. Clark

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 29, 2009No. 2007-6-C.APublished

1Opinion of the Court

974 A.2d 558 (2009)

STATE

v.

Jeffrey CLARK.

No. 2007-6-C.A.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 29, 2009.

Aaron L. Weisman, Department of Attorney General, Providence, for Plaintiff.

John A. MacFadyen, Esq., Providence, for Defendant.

Present: GOLDBERG, Acting C.J., FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, ROBINSON, JJ., and WILLIAMS, C.J. (ret.).

OPINION

Acting Chief Justice GOLDBERG, for the Court.

Justice bows to no man (or woman). The defendant, Jeffrey Clark (Clark or defendant), was an off-duty police officer with the Rhode Island State Police who, a jury concluded, viciously assaulted a defenseless prisoner. This case…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited68 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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