STATE v. TARVIS

No. 82-202-C.A.

465 A.2d 164 (1983)

STATE v. John James TARVIS and Thomas M. Porraro.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Anthony DelBonis, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Providence, for Tarvis.

Barbara Hurst, Chief Appellate Atty., Janice R. Weisfeld, Asst. Public Defender, Daniel A. Procaccini, Providence, for Porraro.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgments of conviction in the Superior Court for first-degree murder and other violent crimes, enumerated below. On appeal the defendants set forth a multiplicity of errors that they attribute to the trial justice and assert as the basis for reversal of their convictions. The facts as disclosed by the record are as follows.

The unfortunate events that underlie the convictions that are being challenged...

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