MARRAPESE v. STATE OF R.I.

No. 83-1917.

749 F.2d 934 (1984)

Frank MARRAPESE, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. The STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Woolley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., with whom Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Gerrick Van Deusen, North Providence, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, and PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 19, 1985.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island following a jury trial on plaintiff Frank Marrapese's claims against the State of Rhode Island and certain state officials. Marrapese's cause of action stems from an incident that occurred on March 16, 1975. The state police on that date, in connection with a murder...

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