State v. Costa

This is an indictment charging the defendant with knowingly and willfully striking a uniformed conservation officer in violation of G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-5-5.

The case was tried to a Superior Court justice and a jury which returned a verdict of guilty as charged. It is before this court on defendant’s bill of exceptions, which contains four exceptions that were orally argued and briefed. However, in the view we take of the case, we need consider only two exceptions, the first being that taken to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict.

The record establishes that on August…