STATE v. RUGGIERO

Ex. No. 10123.

174 A.2d 555 (1961)

STATE v. Giacomo RUGGIERO.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Motion for Reargument Denied November 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joseph Nugent, Attorney General, Corinne P. Grande, Special Counsel, for State.

Thomas H. Needham, for defendant.


PAOLINO, J.

This is an indictment for the murder of a two-year-old child, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the decedent child. After a jury verdict of manslaughter in the superior court, the defendant's motion for a new trial and his motion to discharge were denied by the trial justice. The case is here on his exceptions to the denial of the two motions, to certain evidentiary rulings and to a portion of the charge.

The defendant, a divorced man and the...

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