Rhode Island v. Kluth
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After a consolidated trial, a Providence County Superior Court jury found Defendant John Kluth guilty of thirty counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. Thereafter, the trial justice sentenced Defendant to a total of thirty-five years, with sixteen years to serve at the Adult Correctional Institutions and the remainder suspended, with probation. On appeal, he contended: (1) that the then presiding justice of the Superior Court exceeded his authority in granting the prosecutor's request to change venue; (2) that the charges filed against him were improperly joined as a matter of law, in view of the provisions of Rule 8(a) of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure; and (3) that, even if the charges had been properly joined, the trial justice's failure to sever the cases infringed upon his right to a fair trial. Upon review, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the Superior Court.
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