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STATE v. GOMEZ

No. 2002-274-C.A.

848 A.2d 221 (2004)

STATE v. Marcelino Collazo GOMEZ.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia M. McGinn, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Christopher S. Gontarz, Middletown, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLANDERS, GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, and SUTTELL, JJ.

OPINION

SUTTELL, Justice.

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."1

This maxim of venerable wisdom is no less true today than it was during the Chou Dynasty of ancient China. It is a lesson that the defendant Marcelino Collazo Gomez (Gomez or defendant), a young gang member who lived by the code "a bullet for a bullet," will have a lifetime to reflect upon at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI...

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