Legal Opinion

State v. Franco

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided April 13, 2000No. 97-362-C.APublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The defendant, Edward Franco, has appealed from judgments of conviction following the robbery of a Cranston, Rhode Island hair salon. The defendant argued that the trial justice erred in denying his motion to dismiss the grand jury indictment that led to his conviction. He further contended that the trial justice erred when he denied the defendant’s motion to suppress the identification of the defendant by a witness. For the following reasons, we disagree and affirm the convictions.

Facts

Early in the day of March 26, 1992, lifelong friends, Raymond O’Brien (O’Brien)…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Bank of Nova Scotia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. State v. ManocchioSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1985
  5. State v. DiPreteSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Bustamante v. WallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
  2. United States v. WeemsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2018
  3. United States v. SabettaDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2016
  4. State v. Jeffrey MartinSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2013
  5. State v. StoneSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2007

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