State v. Long

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendants, Timothy Nichols and Theodore Long, from a judgment of conviction on an indictment charging them with robbery in violation of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-39-1. The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury that re turned a verdict of guilty against both defendants. At trial the following facts were established.

Shortly after 8 p.m. on May 1, 1981, Thomas Suave was preparing to close the G & H Arco Station in Warren, Rhode Island, when a red and black Cougar drove up outside the station. A…