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475 A.2d 995 (1984)

STATE v. Claus von BULOW.

No. 82-462-C.A.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 27, 1984.

Order May 24, 1984.

*998 Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Stephen R. Famiglietti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sharon O'Keefe, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Susan E. McGuirl, Deputy Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

*999 Alan M. Dershowitz, Cambridge, Mass., John A. MacFadyen, III, Vetter & White, Providence, for defendant; Susan Estrich, Jeanne Baker, Cambridge, Mass., David Fine, Joann Crispi, New City, N.Y., of counsel; Mark D. Fabiani, Pacific Palisades, Cal., Stephanie Cleverdon, Cambridge, Mass., on brief.

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Claus von Bulow, from a Superior Court conviction on two counts of attempting to murder his wife, Martha von Bulow. The indictment was handed down by a Newport County grand jury on July 6, 1981, charging the defendant with two separate counts of assault with intent to murder his wife. The trial c

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Claus Von Bulow Trials: 1982 & 1985

Defendant:Claus Von Bulow
Crime Charged: Attempted murder
Chief Defense Lawyers: First trial: John Sheenan and Herold Price Fahringer; second trial: Thomas P. Puccio and John Sheehan
Chief Prosecutors: First trial: Stephen Famiglietti and Susan McGuirl; second trial: Marc DeSisto and Henry Gemma
Judges: First trial: Thomas H. Needham; second trial: Corrine Grande
Places: First trial: Newport, Rhode Island; second trial: Providence, Rhode Island
Dates of Trials: First trial: January 11-March 16, 1982; second trial: April 25-June 10, 1985.
Verdict: First trial: Guilty; second trial: not guilty
Sentence: 20 years imprisonment

SIGNIFICANCE: A study in contrasts, the two trials of Claus Von Bulow provide a unique insight into the excesses and foibles of the super-rich.

For 13 years Claus and Martha "Sunny" Von Bülow had been bulwarks of Rhode Island's blueblood colony, but by 1979 their marriage was over in all but name

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Claus von Bülow, the high-society figure cleared in attempted murder of heiress wife, dead at 92

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