State v. Morris

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

In this case, a Superior Court trial jury-found the defendant Michael Morris guilty on indictment charges of conspiracy to commit burglary, assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful concealment of a knife. 1 Following denial of his motion for a new trial, he was sentenced on each of the convictions. He then was adjudged by the trial justice to be an habitual criminal and sentenced on that adjudication. He appeals.

The defendant in his appeal asserts multiple trial errors on the part of the trial justice, as well as prosecutorial error on the part of the state’s…