STATE v. ORTIZ

No. 79-138-C.A.

448 A.2d 1241 (1982)

STATE v. Marta ORTIZ.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Reargument Denied September 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Sharon O'Keefe, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Joel Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anthony DelBonis, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Chief Appellate Atty., Paula Rosin, Asst. Public Defender, for defendant.


OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

On October 31, 1978, a Superior Court jury found the defendant, Marta I. Ortiz, guilty of first-degree murder. The defendant is now before this court on appeal from the judgment of conviction entered on that verdict.

At about 1 a.m. on May 17, 1978, Officer Russell F. Pion of the Central Falls police department heard a woman screaming and the sounds of breaking glass. When Officer Pion arrived at the tenement building from...

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