STATE v. TAVARES

No. 80-499-C.A.

461 A.2d 390 (1983)

STATE v. Abel TAVARES.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Alan R. Tate, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Mark L. Smith, Woonsocket, for defendant.


OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before us on the defendant's appeal from a judgment of conviction in the Superior Court. The defendant, Abel Tavares, along with codefendants George Matera and John Clarke, were charged with the murder of Dennis Grundy. The jury acquitted Matera and found the defendant and John Clarke guilty of second-degree murder. John Clarke appealed, and we vacated his conviction because the trial justice committed reversible...

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