Legal Opinion
State v. Baton
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 26, 1985No. 83-428-C.APublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by the defendant, Larry Baton, from a judgment of conviction entered against him in the Superior Court, before a trial justice sitting with a jury, on an indictment charging him with first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the death of his estranged wife, Holly Baton. Following the denial of the defendant’s motion for a new trial, the trial justice sentenced him to consecutive life sentences on September 17, 1982. The relevant facts are as follows.
On August 11, 1981, Detective Sergeant Louis Dusseault of the Rhode Island State…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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