Legal Opinion
State v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 5, 1974No. 73-111-C.APublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*567Kelleher, J.
In June 1972, the grand jury for the Counties of Providence and Bristol returned .two indictments against the defendant. The first indictment charged Murphy with conspiring with one Robert Fontaine to bribe a person summoned to serve as a petit juror. The second indictment charged Murphy with the substantive offense of actually offering to bribe the potential juror. Fontaine was also indicted as a co-conspirator and charged with bribery. The cases were consolidated for a jury trial in the Superior Court. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all of the indictments. Motions for new…
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