State v. Cook

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This appeal seems to be nothing but another chapter in the ongoing feud of the defendant, Richard A. Cook (Cook), with various members of the East Providence police department. Earlier this term we denied Cook’s appeal from a conviction on a charge that he had obstructed an East Providence police officer while the officer was engaged in the execution of his duties.

This prior offense occurred on October 28, 1978, after Officer John J. Lynch, Jr., had stopped Cook’s son for a violation of the motor vehicle code. When Cook arrived on the scene, he shouted obscenities at…