Legal Opinion
State v. Firth
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 4, 1980No. 77-373-C.APublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
A Superior Court'jury returned a guilty verdict after hearing evidence relating to a single-count indictment charging the defendant, Thomas Firth (Firth), with first-degree murder. Following this conviction, a trial justice imposed a life sentence. Although Firth is before us on a multifaceted appeal, we believe that the decisive issue concerns the events leading up to his initial arrest.
At approximately 11 p. m. on December 3, 1973, James Dunn was watching television in the living room of his girl friend’s apartment at 178 Long Street in Warwick. As the evening’s…
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- People v. GallowayIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
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