Legal Opinion
State v. Vorgvongsa
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 16, 1996No. 94-752-M.PPublished
1Opinion of the Court
670 A.2d 1250 (1996)
STATE
v.
Lamphone VORGVONGSA.
No. 94-752-M.P.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
February 16, 1996.
Jane McSoley, Aaron Weisman, Asst. Attys. Gen., for Plaintiff.
John F. Cicilline, Providence, for Defendant.
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
This case comes before the court on the state's petition for certiorari.
On October 7, 1994, a Superior Court jury found the defendant, Lamphone Vorgvongsa, guilty of the murder of Sonexay Phommachanh. The trial justice thereafter on October 31, 1994, granted a motion for a new trial. This court on March 23, 1995, granted the state's petition to review the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. CaruoloSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
- State v. BanachSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
- State v. MariniSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
- State v. HenshawSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
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