State v. Kevin Corleto

Citations

• 161 A.3d 504
• 2017 WL 2485086
• 2017 R.I. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

The defendant, Kevin Corleto, appealed from an order of the Superior Court denying his motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds a criminal information charging him with breaking and entering a dwelling, in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-8-2. Specifically, his motion was predicated on alleged prosecutorial goading that resulted in the declaration of a mistrial. The Supreme Court held that the trial justice did not err in determining that the prosecutor did not intentionally goad the defendant into moving for a mistrial. Accordingly, the Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Superior Court.