Legal Opinion
State v. Ortiz
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 10, 2003No. 2002-81-C.APublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
A truck driver making an early morning delivery was the first to spot the body. Badly beaten, bruised, and bloodied, it lay in a lifeless heap by the loading-dock area of the Pawtucket Family Market Place. After considering the evidence garnered during a police investigation, a grand jury indicted the defendant, Pedro Ortiz (Ortiz or the defendant), for the second-degree murder of Jose Correa (Correa or the victim). A trial jury then found Ortiz guilty of this crime, and the trial justice sentenced him to serve a term of thirty years.
The defendant raises three issues…
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