State v. DeCiantis

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

The defendant, Anthony DeCiantis, has appealed from his conviction of murder in the first degree in the Superior Court. After his motion for a new trial was denied, DeCiantis received a life sentence to be served consecutive to other sentences he was then serving. We affirm.

The state’s evidence established a motive for the killing and linked defendant to the murder of Dennis Roche, the victim. The state’s witness Louis Schiappa testified that on December 4, 1981, he observed two other men force the victim into a car driven by Anthony DeCiantis. The witness stated that he…