State v. Contreras

Louis and John Contreras, brothers, were tried and convicted before a judge and jury in the superior court on a joint indictment charging a violation of G. L. 1956, §11-5-5, as amended. Specifically, the charge was that they knowingly and wilfully struck a uniformed member of the Newport police department, causing him bodily injury, and that the officer was then engaged in the performance of his duty. The case is here on the defendants’ exceptions to the denials of their motions for directed verdicts and for new trials as well as to various rulings made during the course of the trial.

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