STATE v. VARGAS

No. 78-85-C.A.

420 A.2d 809 (1980)

STATE v. Raul VARGAS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

September 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Faith A. LaSalle, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Barbara Hurst, Asst. Public Defender, for defendant.


OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is a criminal appeal from the defendant's judgment of conviction for first-degree murder in violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-23-1.

The defendant, Raul Vargas, and the victim, Angel Lopez, were involved in a heated discussion outside Louis' Bar in Pawtucket sometime after midnight on September 4, 1976. It is not disputed that Angel Lopez provoked...

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