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State v. Byrnes

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 31, 1981No. 79-412-C.APublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

On the morning of August 14, 1975, nine masked men entered the Bonded Vault Co. (hereinafter Bonded Vault), a commercial safe-deposit company located in Providence. After allegedly robbing several Bonded Vault employees at gunpoint, the masked men proceeded to break into 146 of the 148 safe-deposit boxes located in the vault. They garnered approximately $4 million in cash and valuables from the robbery of the guards and the entry into the deposit boxes.

One of the alleged participants in the break, Robert J. Dussault (Dussault), who testified at great length for the…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Holbrook v. FlynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. John F. Ouimette v. John Moran, Director of the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
  3. State v. TempestSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. PattersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. State v. DonatoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1991

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