State v. Ouimette

This case is here on the defendant's appeal from an order entered by a justice of the Superior Court denying his “Motion for New Trial and/or Post Conviction Relief.'' 1

The record discloses that on June 19, 1970, a Superior Court jury found defendant, Frederick Ouimette, and a codefendant, Ronald H. Sweet, Jr., guilty of a charge of murder. After the denial of his motion for a new trial on the usual grounds that the verdict was against the law and evidence, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Adult Correctional Institutions. His conviction was affirmed by this court in…