Legal Opinion
State v. Lerner
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 31, 1973No. 1566-Ex. &cPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, C. J.
On June 2, 1969, the grand jury returned three indictments against the defendant, Maurice R. Lerner. The indictments were a result of the fatal shootings of Rudolph Marfeo and Anthony Melei in a Providence market on April 20, 1968. Indictment No. 69-769 charged the defendant Lerner with conspiring, along with four other defendants, to murder Rudolph Marfeo. In Indictments Nos. 69-767 and 69-768 Lerner was charged with the murders of Marfeo and Melei, respectively. A detailed discussion of the factual context surrounding the slayings may be found in our opinion, State v. Patriarca, 112 R. I.…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by47 opinions
- United States v. John Edward Jones, A/K/A Liddy Jones, A/K/A Malik Shariff, United States of America v. Robert Avon Jones, A/K/A BobbyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- State v. LenarchickWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
- Braham v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. GomezSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004
- Lerner v. GillSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
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