State v. Lillibridge

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This is a criminal appeal by the defendant, Charles Lillibridge, who was found guilty of manslaughter after trial in the Superior Court. In April 1980 a Washington County grand jury charged the defendant with violation of G.L.1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-23-1, as amended, by P.L.1980, ch. 247, § 3. He was tried before a justice of the Superior Court and a jury in February, 1981. At the close of the state’s case, the defendant moved unsuccessfully for judgment of acquittal. He moved for acquittal, again, unsuccessfully, at the close of all the testimony. The jury found the…