State v. Camerlin

The defendant was tried and convicted before a jury in the Superior Court on an indictment charging that while confined in the maximum custodial unit of the Adult Correctional Institutions he did on January 19, 1973, assault Joseph C. Thurber, Jr., a correctional officer at those institutions, in violation of G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-25-2. He appealed and assigns as errors certain evidentiary and other rulings.

There are conflicting versions of the alleged offense. The defendant testified that in response to his complaint of a headache and a request for medication, he was taken to the…