STATE v. RIVERA

No. 93-69-C.A.

640 A.2d 524 (1994)

STATE v. Edwin RIVERA.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Pine, Atty. Gen., Jane McSoley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Aaron Weisman, Chief, Appellate Div., for plaintiff.

Richard Casparian, Public Defender, Paula Rosin, Paula Lynch Hardiman, Asst. Public Defenders, for defendant.


OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on the defendant's appeal from his conviction of murder in the first degree, for which he received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. We affirm.

The defendant, Edwin Rivera, was charged by criminal indictment No. P1/91-2942A on one count of first-degree murder. He was convicted after a jury trial and moved for a new trial. The motion for new trial was denied, and defendant then...

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