STATE v. COPPOLA

No. 83-622-C.A.

502 A.2d 802 (1985)

STATE v. Lawrence COPPOLA.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene Violet, Atty. Gen., Constance Messore, Timothy Conlon, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

Joseph A. Bevilacqua, Jr., Despina Marsella, Bevilacqua, DeSimone & Gosz, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on the defendant's appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree arson in violation of G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-4-2. Following the trial, a motion for new trial was denied, and the defendant was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. We reverse. The facts of the case insofar as they are pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

On March 14, 1981, at approximately 10:30...

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