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STATE v. LEVESQUE

No. 96-365-C.A.

694 A.2d 411 (1997)

STATE v. J. Michael LEVESQUE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Dickinson, Aaron Weisman, Providence, and Joseph L. DeCaporale, Jr., for Plaintiff.

Joel S. Chase, Warwick, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER and FLANDERS, JJ.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Double-jeopardy considerations are at issue on this appeal by the state from the Superior Court's dismissal of an indictment against the defendant, J. Michael Levesque (Levesque), the former mayor of West Warwick (the town), for obtaining money by false pretenses.1 A motion justice found that a previous $5,000 civil fine imposed by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission (commission) against Levesque...

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