STATE v. GIRARD

No. 2001-282-C.A.

799 A.2d 238 (2002)

STATE v. Marc A. GIRARD.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia M. McGinn, Aaron L. Weisman, Providence, for plaintiff.

Michael J. Gardiner, Warwick, for Defendant.

Present WILLIAMS, C.J., LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

In this brutal, barbaric and utterly senseless "thrill kill," the defendant, Marc A. Girard, appeals from his conviction by a Superior Court trial jury for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He maintains on appeal that the trial justice erred in failing to suppress his confession, in refusing to give instructions to the jury on second-degree murder or manslaughter, and in sentencing him to consecutive terms on...

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