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STATE v. CROCKER

No. 98-334-C.A.

767 A.2d 88 (2001)

STATE v. Carl W. CROCKER.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 15, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane M. McSoley, Aaron L. Weisman, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Janice M. Weisfeld, Paula Lynch Hardiman, Paula Rosin, Providence, for Defendant.

Present: WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

The use of the Yiddish word "chutzpah" in reported legal decisions is apparently on the rise.1 If so, it may be because courts are increasingly called upon to answer legal questions like the one posed to us in this case. Here, following the 1981 arraignment of the defendant, Carl W. Crocker (Crocker), on criminal charges of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old child, the Superior Court released him...

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