STATE v. HOCKENHULL

No. 85-531-C.A.

525 A.2d 926 (1987)

STATE of Rhode Island v. Charles HOCKENHULL.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Reilly, Public Defender, Janice M. Weisfeld, Barbara Hurst, Asst. Public Defenders, Providence, for plaintiff.

James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., Jane M. McSoley, Thomas Dickinson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal by the defendant, Charles Hockenhull, from a conviction of second-degree murder entered in the Superior Court after a jury trial. We reverse. The facts relevant to this appeal are as follows.

On November 8, 1984, at approximately 10:20 p.m., Joseph Rabuano was watching television with his girlfriend at his home on 31 West Street, apartment 4, West Warwick, when he heard a loud noise...

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