State v. Tillinghast
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
The defendants, Gerald M. Tillinghast and Harold L. Tillinghast, are brothers. Back in November 1978 Gerald worked for the city of Providence as an environmental-control inspector and Harold managed a restaurant situated in Providence on Broad Street. Today, the brothers are in prison following a Superior Court jury verdict which found that they murdered one George Basmajian on November 30, 1978, and that they had in their possession at that time a stolen car, specifically, a 1974 Mercury sedan. Hereinafter we shall refer to the brothers either by their family name…
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