Legal Opinion
State v. Michael Patino
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 20, 2014No. 2012-263-C.APublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.
On April 2, 2010, Michael Patino (defendant) was indicted for the first-degree murder of Marco Nieves, the six-year-old son of his girlfriend, Trisha Oliver. The state’s case against the defendant was constructed largely on the basis of incriminating text messages purportedly sent by the defendant to Ms. Oliver, messages which were discovered on her cell phone by officers of the Cranston Police Department. The defendant filed a number of pretrial motions seeking to suppress the bulk of the evidence that the state intended to use against him. After a…
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