Title: State v. Grieco
Citation: 169 A.2d 747
Docket Number: N/A
State: rhode-island
Issuer: rhode-island Supreme Court
Date: April 26, 1961

169 A.2d 747 (1961) STATE v. Louis M. GRIECO. Ex. No. 9724. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. April 26, 1961. J. Joseph Nugent, Atty. Gen., Raymond J. Pettine, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State. Joseph A. Bevilacqua, Providence, for defendant. PER CURIAM. This is an indictment charging the defendant with breaking and entering in the nighttime a certain building with intent to commit larceny. The defendant pleaded not guilty, was tried to a court and jury and found guilty. The trial justice denied defendant's motion for a new trial and the case is now before us on a bill containing nine exceptions. The single exception that has been briefed and argued is that taken to a portion of the trial justice's charge relative to a certain witness called by the state. The court as constituted at the time the case was decided being evenly divided as to the merits of the defendant's exception, the verdict stands and the case is remitted to the superior court for further proceedings. POWERS, J., not participating.