State v. Banach

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the defendant, Stanley Banach, from judgments of convictions entered in the Superior Court of second-degree murder and of carrying an unlicensed pistol. The defendant contended on appeal that the trial justice erroneously denied his motion for a new trial. After considering the defendant’s arguments, we deny his appeal and affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Shortly after midnight on April 30, 1992, Anthony Rosa (Rosa), his younger half-brother, Jason Otero (Otero), and Rosa’s…