Legal Opinion
State v. Bettencourt
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 6, 1999No. 97-53-C.APublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, J.
Following his conviction by a Superior Court jury trial on two counts of driving so as to endanger, death resulting (G.L.1956 § 31-27-1), and after sentence and final judgment entered thereon, Jeffrey Betten-court (defendant) appeals to this Court seeking reversal of his convictions and a new trial.
The defendant asserts on appeal that the trial justice erred by (1) admitting into evidence (a) a photograph of one of the decedents, (b) the medical testimony of the medical examiner, Dr. Sicerica, (c) the lay opinions concerning the speed of the defendant’s truck at the time of…
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