STATE v. SOTO

No. 82-351-C.A.

457 A.2d 268 (1983)

STATE v. Franklin J. SOTO.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Joel S. Chase, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Paul Rosin, Asst. Public Defenders, for defendant.


ORDER

The defendant stands convicted of second-degree murder as the result of the stabbing death of Ricardo Gonzalez.

On Monday, February 14, 1983, defendant's counsel appeared before this court in response to an order to show cause why defendant's appeal should not be dismissed. At the hearing, we were informed that Guadalupe Sostre, the "chief witness," has now executed an affidavit in which he asserts that his testimony at trial describing Soto as the...

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