Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 21, 2000No. 97-52-C.APublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOLDBERG, Justice.
This case comes before us on the appeal of the defendant, Derek Brown, from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree after a jury trial in the Providence County Superior Court, following which he was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. For the following reasons, we deny the appeal and sustain the conviction. A summary of the chilling facts of this gruesome murder are as follows.
Facts and Procedural History
On August 31, 1994, defendant was indicted along with his co-defendant Bradley Kryla (Kryla) for murder and conspiracy to murder Sherry Roy. 1…
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