STATE v. DUFRESNE

No. 80-455-C.A.

436 A.2d 720 (1981)

STATE v. Alfred DUFRESNE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

October 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Alyssa L. Talanker, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

John F. Cicilline, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

The defendant, Alfred A. Dufresne, was granted a new trial by a justice of the Superior Court. The justice so ruled after a hearing on the defendant's petition for postconviction relief pursuant to G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §§ 10-9.1-1 — 10-9.1-9, as enacted by P.L. 1974, ch. 220, § 3. The defendant had been tried for the murder of his wife; and at the close of the...

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