State v. Smith

RUDMAN, Justice.

Roger L. Smith appeals from his conviction of intentional or knowing murder and aggravated assault in the Superior Court (Knox County, Kravchuk, J). Smith contends that the trial justice erred in not excluding statements made by Smith to a state police detective during interviews subsequent to the day upon which Smith’s state prison cellmate, Larry Richardson, was found hanging in his cell; challenges counts I and II of the indictment as mutually exclusive; and claims the conduct of the prison authorities offends fundamental fairness. We affirm the conviction.

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SUPPRESSION

Smith…