STATE v. CLINE

No. 75-322—C.A.

405 A.2d 1192 (1979)

STATE v. Robert CLINE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Nancy Marks Rahmes, Thomas H. Caruolo, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Chief Appellate Atty., John A. MacFadyen III, Asst. Public Defender, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

On April 11, 1974, Frank Pirri, an itinerant fish vendor, was shot and killed while peddling fish from his truck in the Chad Brown Housing Project in Providence. It was believed that the assailant shot Mr. Pirri in the course of attempting to rob him. As a result of information obtained from an eyewitness, the defendant, Robert Cline (Cline), was arrested in the early morning of April 14, 1974. The day was Easter Sunday.

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