STATE v. QUINLAN

Nos. 2004-36-C.A., 2004-37-C.A.

921 A.2d 96 (2007)

STATE v. Steven QUINLAN. State v. Frank Sanchez-Collins.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Lynch, for Plaintiff Quinlan. Christopher S. Gontarz, Middletown, for Plaintiff Sanchez-Collins.

Jane M. McSoley, Providence, for Defendant (Quinlan case). Diane Daigle, for Defendant (Sanchez-Collins case).

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


OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG, for the Court.

We undertake this case noting that:

"[I]n March of 2001, these two criminals committed two of the most brutal murders that this Court has heard recounted in many years. From the photographs and the crime scene videotape that was presented, it was apparent that these two defendants virtually painted the walls and floors of that apartment with blood. The victims were brutalized with a hammer, with vicious combat...

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