Legal Opinion

State v. Bailey

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 30, 1980No. 79-289-C.APublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DORIS, Justice.

The defendant, Eugene Bailey, was convicted of rape following a jury trial in the Superior Court. On appeal the defendant asserts that the trial justice erred in denying a motion to suppress certain evidence that had been obtained as a result of an unlawful entry into the defendant’s apartment. Having determined that the trial justice should have suppressed the evidence, we reverse the judgment of conviction entered below.

On May 11, 1977, defendant and his girl friend, Rosemary Heup, visited the home of Rosemary’s fifteen-year-old cousin, Miss S., to invite her to go…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  2. State v. GrundySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
  3. State v. McMahanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  4. State v. GallagherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
  5. State v. KrylaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1999

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