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STATE v. TEXIEIRA

No. 2006-267-C.A.

944 A.2d 132 (2008)

STATE v. Manuel TEXIEIRA.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 3, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Zurier, Esq., Providence, for Petitioner.

John A. MacFadyen, III, Providence, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON for the Court.

On February 16, 2006, a jury found the defendant, Manuel Texieira,1 guilty of the first-degree murder of one Edgar Ortega. On June 20 of that year, he was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment.

The defendant has appealed to this Court, contending: (1) that the trial justice erred in refusing to arrest the judgment of first-degree murder; (2) that the trial justice...

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