Legal Opinion
State v. Leonardo
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 29, 1977No. 75-54-C.APublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBevilacqua, C.J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from conviction of murder in the second degree and conspiracy to murder. After trial before a jury he was found guilty of murder in the second degree and conspiracy to murder. After the verdicts and within the time required by the rules of criminal procedure, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial and a motion for arrest of judgment, the latter on the grounds that the two verdicts were inconsistent.
The trial justice denied both motions and sentenced defendant to 50 years for murder in the second degree and 10 years to run concurrently with the 50-year…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. PatriarcaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1973
- Leon Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- State v. LevittSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. CoelhoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
- State v. RomanoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- State v. UceroSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
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