State v. Carmody

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Patricia Carmody, was charged in a six-count indictment 1 with conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, kidnapping, possession of a needle and syringe, robbery, and possession of marijuana.

The state dismissed the kidnapping charge, and the charges of possession of a needle and syringe and possession of marijuana were severed from the other charges. Although she was indicted with two other people, defendant stood trial alone on the rest of the charges in August of 1981. However, the trial justice granted defendant a judgment of acquittal on the…