WASHINGTON v. STATE

Nos. 2007-66-Appeal, 2008-255-Appeal.

989 A.2d 94 (2010)

Jeffrey S. WASHINGTON v. STATE of Rhode Island. Jeffrey S. Washington v. State of Rhode Island.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Weisman, Esq., Providence, Department of Attorney General, for Plaintiff.

Mark B. Laroche, Esq., Providence, for Defendant.

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


OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

The applicant, Jeffery S. Washington, appeals from a Superior Court judgment denying his applications for postconviction relief. His original conviction dates to May 1989, when a jury found him guilty of first-degree felony murder for the rape and resulting death of an elderly woman. This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument on January 26, 2010, pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear...

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