Opinion ID: 1481173
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Heading: Motion to Dismiss Conspiracy Charge

Text: The defendant further argues that the trial justice erred because he did not grant his motion to dismiss under Rule 29 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure. He contends that the state was required to prove, as set forth in the criminal information and as further detailed in the state's response to defendant's bill of particulars, that the conspiracy occurred on March 9, 2005. At trial, the state introduced evidence of a conspiracy between John and Willy that began on March 4, 2005, and led up to Willy's arrest on March 9, 2005. [9] The defendant claims that the introduction of evidence of a conspiracy before March 9, 2005, prejudiced him, because the information and the state's response to the bill of particulars both specified that the conspiracy occurred on the discrete date of March 9.