State v. Franco
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
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)…
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