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The Narragansett Indian smoke shop

 

04/13/2005

State seeks retrial in smoke-shop raid
PROVIDENCE -- The state has asked for a new trial and a reduction in the jury's award to a Narragansett Indian injured in the state police raid on the tribe's smoke shop.

04/12/2005

State seeks new trial in smoke-shop civil case
Posted 7:24 p.m.
PROVIDENCE - The state attorney general's office is seeking a new trial in the civil case stemming from the raid on a Narragansett Indians' smoke shop, saying the jury's verdict went against the evidence and the $301,100 verdict awarded to a shop employee was excessive.