DESCOTEAUX v. BONAVENTURA

No. 74-206-Appeal.

350 A.2d 396 (1976)

Wendell F. DESCOTEAUX v. Joseph BONAVENTURA.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aram K. Berberian, Cranston, for plaintiff.

Coia & Lepore, Ltd., Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This case is heard on appeal from a judgment entered by a Superior Court justice sitting without a jury finding for the defendant in an action for false arrest.

On September 28, 1964, two North Providence police officers conducted a stakeout in an unmarked car on Stevens Street in response to recent complaints by the residents of "peeping Toms." At approximately 11:15 p. m. the officers saw a man peering into a window...

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