Case Name: STATE v. James MURPHY and Ronald Barton
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1980-09-25
Citations: 423 A.2d 1186
Docket Number: No. 79-429-C.A.
Parties: STATE v. James MURPHY and Ronald Barton.
Judges: BEVILACQUA, C. J., and DORIS, J., did not participate.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 423
Pages: 1186–1186

Head Matter:
STATE v. James MURPHY and Ronald Barton.
No. 79-429-C.A.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
Sept. 25, 1980.
Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Stephen Lichatin III, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Appellate Division, for plaintiff.
Peter DiBiase, Providence, Vincent Sa-varese III, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

Opinion:
ORDER
The motions of defendant James Murphy as supplemented wherein he seeks a hearing on the issue of bail are denied as moot. Defendant Murphy's motion for amended appeal and his motion to proceed pro se are denied. The motions of both defendants for dismissal of their indictments on the basis of this court's ruling in State v. O'Coin, R.I., 417 A.2d 310 (1980), are assigned to the calendar for October 6, 1980, for argument with the merits of defendants' appeals.
BEVILACQUA, C. J., and DORIS, J., did not participate.