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STATE v. WRIGHT

817 A.2d 600 (2003)

STATE v. Wayne WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annie Goldberg, Aaron L. Weisman, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Catherine A. Gibran, Paula Rosin, Providence, for Defendant.

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

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Excited utterances of the defendant's mother on the day of the murder, together with the present-sense impressions that she related during two telephone conversations with her friend, aided a Superior Court jury in finding the defendant, Wayne Wright (Wright or defendant) guilty of felony murder. The court sentenced him to serve not only a mandatory life sentence, but also, because of his status as a habitual offender, an additional...

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