Legal Opinion
State v. Drew
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 18, 2007No. 2005-108-C.APublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice WILLIAMS, for the Court.
On May 13, 2003, Harold Jackson Andrews (Jack) 1 was shot once in the back of his head, and his body was abandoned in a remote field in Exeter. His body was discovered more than two weeks later. On June 6, 2003, police arrested the defendant, Harold T. Drew (defendant), and his girlfriend, Bobbie-Jo Dumont, for the killing, and a grand jury subsequently indicted the defendant on seven separate counts, including murder.
At defendant’s trial, the state painted a tragic portrait of the victim: a married man whose unrequited love for Ms. Du-mont led him…
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