Legal Opinion
Estate of Bassett v. Stone
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 12, 1983No. 80-559-Appeal, 81-205-C.APublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
This is a consolidated appeal involving a civil action and a criminal action both brought in the Superior Court. The civil portion is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of the estate of Elliott Bassett. On the criminal side the state appeals from a trial justice’s granting of the defendant’s motion to recover property seized by the police.
Both cases arise out of the following undisputed facts. On August 15, 1977, the Rhode Island State Police conducted a drug raid on a North Kingstown house in which Elliott Bassett was staying. In that raid the police…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Saltzman v. Atlantic Realty Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- Sawyer v. GableDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
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