State v. Pusyka

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This case is before the Supreme Court on appeal by the defendant, Paul Pusyka, from a Superior Court jury conviction of first-degree arson. The defendant claims that the trial justice committed error (1) by denying the defendant’s motion to suppress clothing seized from the defendant’s person, (2) by denying the defendant’s motion to prevent Sergeant Angelo Rotondo (Ro-tondo) from sitting at counsel table, (3) by allowing the state to admit admissions made previously by the defendant during a civil proceeding, (4) by refusing to pass the case on the basis of…