State v. Griffin

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

The defendant, Miles Griffin (Griffin), challenges the firearms and handwriting expertise that helped to seal his fate as a convicted murderer. Having considered his contentions and perused the trial record, we decline to disturb the Superior Court judgment that entered upon the jury’s guilty verdict.

A house party in South Providence, a senseless shooting, and a bullet hole in a dead man’s eye — this was the factual trident that pinned Griffin to the murder. The evidence against him was strong. According to witnesses, a fellow partygoer made the mistake of asking…