State v. McGranahan

OPINION

DORIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Superior Court judgment of conviction in which a jury found Michael J. McGranahan (defendant) guilty of the second-degree murder of a four-and-one-half-week-old infant. The de fendant claims that the trial justice erred in denying his motions for a judgment of acquittal and for a new trial because the evidence did not support a finding of premeditation and malice. The defendant further claims that the sentence imposed, thirty-five years, was excessive. 1 We reject these arguments and affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

On May 14, 1978, the…