State v. Belloli

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

Carlo Belloli (defendant or Belloli), argued in his appeal of convictions of first-degree murder and conspiracy that the trial justice erred by admitting into evidence enlarged autopsy photographs of the victim, by failing to require proof that the victim’s death occurred in Rhode Island, and by resolving himself the question of jurisdiction over the crime rather than submitting this issue to the jury. We affirm the convictions.

Facts and Procedural History

The defendant and a co-defendant, Adrian Bustamante, were tried together for the brutal murder of John Casserly…